


Tuberculosis 

and Dyspepsia 

vs. 
Food and Nature 

By J.J. E. 














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Tuberculosis 

and 

Dyspepsia 

VS. 

Food ana Nature 




1914 

Eames Bros., Printers 

Denver, Colo. 






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Copyright t9J4 
By JAMES J. ENGLISH, F. S. 



JAN 20 1915 

JAMES J. ENGLISH 

food specialist 

publisher. 

Denver, Colorado 

©CLA39.3607 

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CONTENTS 



PART I. 



Diet 9 

Food Elements 14 

Minerals 17 

Tissue Elements 20 

Nitrogen 28 

Raw Foods 31 

Foods 34 

Starch 41 

Bread 45 

Sugar 48 

Salt 54 

Milk 57 

Eggs 60 

Meat 62 

Coffee 66 

Water 67 

Fruit 69 

Nuts 72 

Breakfast . . 74 

Lunch 76 

Supper 78 

Food combinations to avoid 82 

Alcohol 84 

Appetite 86 



PART II. 

Laws of Nature 95 

Vitality 100 

Sleep and Relaxation 108 

Rest Cure 112 

PART III. 

Nerves 117 

Blood 122 

Stomach 127 

Kidneys 135 

Constipation 139 

PART IV. 

Physical Culture 145 

Exercise 147 

Massage 158 

Bath 159 

Air and Breathing 163 

Clothing 169 

PART V. 

Experiments of the Writer 173 

Questions 177 

Cause 180 

Medicine and Surgery 190 

Questions for all Tuberculars 198 

Altitude and Climate 201 

Lungs 204 

Tuberculosis 209 

Germs 215 

Bone Tuberculosis 221 

Health 224 

Mind Power 227 



FOREWORD, 



After tuberculosis has set in, then what ? It often 
requires disease and sickness to make the average 
individual understand the real value of health. The 
writer had tuberculosis of the lungs and tuberculo- 
sis of the bones at five joints, three of these supper- 
ating for two years. Because of the regular treat- 
ment failing to relieve, necessitated the finding of 
the cause and its removal and allowing nature to as- 
sert itself, reconstructing the diseased parts as near 
normal as consistant with the damage already done 
by the disease. The contents of this book are of- 
fered as suggestions to the individual who realizes 
that health is all important, but because of economic 
and other reasons is unable to investigate as he 
should like. The value of a book of this kind lies 
in its ability to set the individual to thinking; each 
individual is a unit by himself ; he must study him- 
self as he is; he must study himself as to what he 
would like to be ; in the solution of this problem lies 
his mental and physical efficiency. Hoping for ben- 
eficial results to others, is the wish of 

The Author. 
November 1914, Denver. 



PART ONE 



DIET, 

Diet, as generally understood by many persons, 
means a restricted amount of food, generally of the 
hot milk and toast variety; to one who has given it 
some thought, diet means to supply the bodily needs, 
so far as food is concerned, with the amount and 
kinds of foods the different tissues of the body 
require to perform their function during life. These 
foods must contain vital, life sustaining elements to 
maintain the integrity of the tissues, in conjunction 
with other hygiene measures. A change in the 
quality of tissues means health or disease; food con- 
tains nutriment necessary for healthy tissue; if it 
does not, healthy tissue changes to diseased tissue; 
the difference between healthy tissues and diseased 
tissues is in the furnishing or withholding the nour- 
ishment needed by the tissue cells. To maintain 
healthy tissue, proper food elements must be sup- 
plied; to maintain diseased tissue, withhold its 
proper nutriment; to change diseased tissue to 
healthy tissue, furnish the proper nutriment and 
nature will do the re } st; food cures nothing; it con- 
trols the quality of the tissues formed from it; a 
good quality allows nature to function normally; 
a poor quality interferes with nature; the function 
of the tissue is disabled ; it is called disease. To un- 
derstand diet, is to know the foods which supply 
the tissues the necessary elements, giving all tis- 



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sues that inherited resistance health commands; 
germs cannot live in healthy firm tissue; healthy 
firm tissue is formed from good blood; good blood 
depends on the food, aided by such measures as 
air, light, exercise, sleep and a tranquil mind, con- 
stituting the laws of nature. A diet based on ex- 
periments on healthy persons will not be practical 
for the sick; the healthy can exercise and work off 
any excess of food; the sick person is wasting his 
vitality to get rid of an excess. Every action of the 
body requires vital force; the supply of the sick is 
very limited, if it was not, he would not be sick; 
the effort of the body to overcome dietary errors 
draws on his fund of vitality, reducing this supply 
which should have been used for recovery purposes. 
Many tuberculars have at all times, eaten heavy 
rich meals, even before they became sick, and then 
did not gain enough resistance to ward off the dis- 
ease; their tissues were in poor condition; how is 
it possible for them to continue, and in some cases, 
increase the food supply after tuberculosis has set 
in, and expect to increase the resistance? They 
failed before, yet expect their system, now weak- 
ened, to continue as it had been doing, overworking 
all organs trying to raise their resistance, which, 
when they had normal health, they were unable to 
do. A little judgment on the part of the individual 
should convince him that a method which will not 
prevent disease, surely will not cure it. If diet was 
given as much attention by the individual as sleep, 
rest, medicine, exercise and fresh air there ivould. 
not be so much sickness. We know how much sleep 



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and rest we should have; we know when exercise 
has created muscular fatigue; we know we should 
have fresh air at all times, that sleep is beneficial; 
but to many persons food is an unknown quantity, 
they eat "what agrees with them," as much as they 
can, and take chances with the results; we know 
why we sleep, and rest, exercise, breathe fresh air, 
and sunshine, but a tubercular must know a thing 
but few know, his food and why. When he knows 
the why, he may be dropping some of the food he 
now thinks is absolutely necessary to increase his 
resistance. The food which gives the most nutri- 
ment with the least amount of expenditure should 
be preferable to all tuberculars. When the organs 
themselves are affected and are unable to prepare 
the food to be assimilated, it is a little more serious, 
but where there is life, there is hope that the work- 
ing conditions of the vital organs will regain the 
power to properly prepare the food. 

With many tuberculars it will be a case of will 
power to give up what he thinks are pleasures and 
necessities of life, and among other things he will 
have to give vegetable, fruit, grain, and a nut diet 
some consideration; some might object to this be- 
cause they think it will not make a combative or 
aggressive, eat-'em-alive kind of a person, but, 
did the meat, eggs and milk make them so aggres- 
sive that they could combat tuberculosis? There 
are two important questions for the tubercular to 
decide; he must learn if meat and animal products 
— a mixed diet — create tubercular symptoms in his 
body. He must learn if vegetables, fruit, grains, 



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and nuts create a more normal body. With the 
writer, it was meat and disease or natural foods and 
health, knowing this, how much easier it is to pre- 
vent tuberculosis than to try curing it after it has 
developed, by some haphazard method of treatment. 
Any diet based on experiments zmth healthy persons, 
will not answer for the sick. How far a disease 
may be advanced until treatment is of no more avail 
is a hard question to answer, for we see cases re- 
cover which seem hopeless; grit, courage, and per- 
severance go far in the relief, often overshadowing 
all other measures. 

In the case of the writer, with every hygienic 
measure favorable to overcome tuberculosis it would 
seem that fresh air, exercise, baths, sleep, rest 
would overcome any evil effects from diet, but such 
was not the case, they were not sufficient ; a wrong 
diet could not be offset; note what the effect might 
have been, if all the measures favoring the devel- 
opment of tuberculosis had been present as they 
were before the cause of the disease had been 
known; it is just such knowledge as this which 
every individual must strive for. Tuberculosis is 
an individual proposition; the individual must know 
himself; until he does, it is a hit or a miss treat- 
ment; maybe he gets cured and maybe he does not 
get cured; when a case has not advanced too far 
and he understands cause and effect, his chances 
of recovery are wonderfully improved; that comes 
from individual instruction. This line of investi- 
gation will lead to a better understanding of the in- 
fluence of diet on the different tissues of the body;* 



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what may be food for one person, will create dis- 
ease and poison another, depending on the condi- 
tion of the organism ; zvhich is food and zvhich is 
not, is the object each person must learn, knowing 
these, he can prevent any disorder; there will be no 
diseased condition for a hit or miss plan to be tried. 
When food acts as a poison to a person it does not 
necessarily mean that its effect is immediate as soon 
as eaten; if such was the case we would know and 
abstain from such food another time; it is the slow 
insidious poison accumulating day after day zvhich 
cause so much harm; by not analizing our condition 
and thinking we are doing right, until the effects of 
the accumulated poison has caused a breakdown; 
with many persons it is tuberculosis ; with others it 
is the kidneys, or liver, heart, or some other weak- 
ened part of the system which is attacked. The 
tissues of the organism* are composed of what went 
into make them, which zvas our food, drink, air, 
thoughts; these must be corrected to overcome any 
breakdown. 



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FOOD ELEMENTS, 

Protein or nitrogenous foods : meats, fish, eggs, 
milk, cheese, beans, peas, lentils, nuts, whole wheat 
and oatmeal. The nitrogen of these foods replace 
the tissue cells; without nitrogen the cells would 
gradually wear away. Protein or nitrogenous foods 
are the ones containing nitrogen to any appreciable 
extent. Carbohydrates are principally starch and 
sugars. Starch is found in all grains, potatoes, peas, 
beans, root vegetables and in some fruits. The sys- 
tem of some persons transforms starch and sugar 
into fat, as in obesity. Sugar is supplied by honey, 
sugar cane, maple sugar, fruits and vegetables; 
starch is transformed into sugar by the action of the 
digestive juices before it can be absorbed; fruit 
sugar is supplied by dates, raisins, currants and 
figs, also by all sundried and fresh fruits. Cane 
and beet sugar can create fermentation so easily, 
care must be observed in its use. 

Fat is supplied by fat of animal and vegetables ; 
oils, cream, butter, milk, nuts, olives, chocolate and 
beans. Minerals, as produced by nature, are sup- 
plied by raw fruit and vegetables, nuts and grains. 
They are absolutely necessary for the functioning 
of the body, to eliminate waste and for the system 
to derive benefit from the food. Any person wish- 
ing to investigate further in the anaylsis of food can 
obtain the pamphlets on this subject from the De- 
partment of Agriculture at Washington. 



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"All progressive physicians admit that a large 
number of diseases are due to the excessive amount 
of protein we take in our nourishment." "The 
foundation of all Reform." — Otto Carque. 

Oxygen is a gas without taste, color or odor; 
air is I part oxygen, 4 parts nitrogen; water is 2 
parts hydrogen, 1 part oxygen. The oxygen of the 
air having an affinity for iron causes iron to rust 
which is a form of combustion, the oxygen gradu- 
ally burning the iron; it is this affinity which oxy- 
gen has for iron by which the iron of the blood 
grasps the oxygen of the air as it passes through 
the lungs, to oxydize the waste of the body; the 
combustion produces heat which is transformed in- 
to muscular energy by work. The tubercular will 
recognize why he must have iron in his blood to get 
the benefit of oxygen and why he must practice 
deep breathing that the largest amount of air con- 
taining oxygen may be inhaled into the lungs. Most 
all raw foods contain iron. Cereals, nuts, fruits, 
and vegetables. 

Carbon is found in all foods and is the principle 
constituent of sugar, starch, fat; is combustible 
through the action of life's processes; when the oxy- 
gen from the air and carbon from the food meet 
within the body, combustion takes place creating 
heat; carbon dioxide being the end product of this 
combustion must be eliminated from the body which 
occurs when we exhale. The salt, sodium, is the 
agent in the blood which helps remove the carbonic 
acid gas, just as iron is the agent which absorbs 
oxygen. As carbon is produced by foods which are 



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the most pleasing to the taste — sugar, starch, and 
fat — let the tubercular beware of too much carbon- 
acious food, as it requires action, motion, work, ex- 
ercise, to transform the combustion of carbon and 
oxygen (heat) into muscular energy; let him pro- 
portion his supply of carbon in accordance with his 
muscular exertions and climatic temperature. A 
tubercular eating of these foods during a hot sum- 
mer and taking very little exercise must generate 
more heat than his body needs or calls for. 

Many persons eating more of this class of food 
than their body needs have the qualities of storing 
the excess as fat for future use in case of emer- 
gency; the tubercular is so constituted that he is 
unable to do this, hence the emaciated tubercular, 
regardless of what he eats; he must study cause and 
effect of food in his body; a few tuberculars can 
store fat on their bodies, but as this fat does not 
seem to increase their vital force to overcome the 
disease; by creating- false impressions it may be a 
mistake for this excess fat to appear, unless the vi- 
tality of the body is also* increased. 



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MINERALS. 



Calcium (Lime) : is necessary for the formation 
of the bones and teeth, and to give strength to the 

muscles and nerves. A deficiency of calcium will 
result in poor bone structure, poor teeth, and a loss 
of strength from all the tissues of the whole bod}'. 
Rickets in children is one of the results of deficien- 
cy of calcium in the bones. Let the tubercular look 
to his calcium supply, for disease manifests itself 
at any weak point and as calcium gives strength to 
all the tissues, furnish this element in its organic 
form as contained in spinach, lettuce, cabbage, rad- 
ishes, onions, asparagus, carrots, strawberries, figs 
and prunes. 

Phosphorus is a necessary salt to give force to 
the blood, nerve and muscle. Any weakness of nerve 
is the result of deficiency of phosphorus and must 
be supplied in its organic form by spinach, lettuce, 
radishes, cucumbers, cabbage, wdiole w T heat, rye, bar- 
ley, almonds, walnuts, cauliflower, asparagus and 
apples. 

Sodium is a salt necessary for animal life to ex- 
ist. It helps to neutralize and eliminate waste in 
the body and is nature's anti-toxin, supplied in 
its organic form by spinach, lettuce, radishes, dande- 
lions, asparagus, cucumbers, carrots, cabbage, len- 
tils, apples and figs. 

Potassium is a necessary constituent of all 
-Cells, blood, nerve and brain. Supplied by spin- 
ach, lettuce, radishes, onions, cabbage, cucumbers, 
cauliflower, asparagus. Helps to keep the tissues 



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flexible; helps the sodium to carry off the carbonic 
acid. 

Magnesium is necessary for the bones and all 
tissues and to neutralize and help eliminate waste. 

Iron is necessary for the blood and tissues ; it is 
the oxydizing agent of the blood, conducting the 
oxygen to create combustion. Let the tubercular 
look well to his supply of iron furnished by lettuce, 
spinach, radishes, onions, asparagus, cabbage, straw- 
berries, gooseberries and apples. These life sus- 
taining elements are used up in life's processes and 
must be replaced. 

Chemical analysis of the human body finds these 
mineral elements are distributed among the differ- 
ent parts and tissues ; though the amount of any one 
is small, it is absolutely necessary that this small 
amount is present. Experiments have proven that 
a body will starve where the mineral salts have been 
removed from the food, proving that they are neces- 
sary to carry on the processes of life. 

Make at least one meal a day on raw foods get- 
ting the benefit of the mineral salts, sugar and acids 
as transformed by nature from inorganic to or- 
ganic form" through the action of plant life and 
sunshine. A judicious selection of foods will sup- 
ply all the needs of the body. 

Experiments have proven that beriberi is the re- 
sult of deficient nutrition, among rice eating peo- 
ple; polished rice, (rice which has had the husks 
removed) has been the cause; replacing the polished 
rice with whole unpolished rice has cured this dis- 
ease; the removing of the husk, removed the min- 



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eral salts contained in the grain, necessary for the 
body to derive the benefit of the food. Some author- 
ities, recognizing these effects have named the sub- 
stance missing in the polished rice and present in 
the unpolished rice, vitamines, evidently these same 
mineral elements. Chemists find that whole wheat 
flour has 4 times as much mineral as white flour, 
hence the name "devitalized food" for the latter. 
The shell of the egg contains the calcium; blood 
and bones of the animal contains most of the min- 
erals, hence lost as human food. Commercial sugar 
has lost its vitalizing qualities while being manufac- 
tured. 

A normal body weighing 150 pounds contains 
the following chemical elements in about the fol- 
lowing proportions : 

Pounds Ounces Grains 

Oxygen 97 12 

Carbon 30 

Hydrogen 14 10 

Nitrogen 2 14 

Calcium 2 

Phosphorus 1 12 190 

Sulphur 3 270 

Sodium 2 196 

Chlorin 2 250 

Fluorin 2 215 

Potassium ....... 290 

Magnesium 340 

Iron 180 

Silicon 116 

Manganese 90 



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TISSUE ELEMENTS. 

Nitrogen is a component part of tissues and is 
necessary to build new tissues or to repair used 
cells ; protein food must supply this nitrogenous ele- 
ment, absolutely necessary. Considerable argument 
has taken place as to which food should furnish the 
nitrogen necessary for the body. Some claim that 
a mixed diet containing meat and others that a 
strict vegetable, fruit and nut, while others claim 
dairy products such as milk and eggs are permis- 
sable in addition to the vegetable ; then others claim 
fruits and nuts only should be eaten. The pro- 
tein foods furnishing nitrogen are meats, fish, milk, 
eggs, beans, peas, lentils, grains and nuts. All 
parties putting forth arguments why their ideas 
of food supply should be adhered to. Those who 
favor meat will claim that all meat eating nations 
are ahead of the other classes mentally and physi- 
cally, are more active and energetic, that the hu- 
man body needs the spontaneous combustible ele- 
ments attributed to meat ; that all meat eaters show 
more life; that meat eaters predominate In the rul- 
ing powers of the earth. That the nitrogen is pre- 
pared by the body of the animal for human con- 
sumption. 

The vegetarian comes forth with his argument 
that the animal derives his food elements from plants 
of nature and that the human can and should; that 
any food elements or benefits derived from the 



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flesh of animals can be gotten from the same source 
the animal received his. That from a humanitar- 
ian point of view, an animal should not be killed for 
human consumption. That the emotion of fear 
causes chemic changes in the body of the animal; 
that an animal is intelligent enough to recognize 
and perceive that something is wrong in a slaughter 
house, when animals ahead are dropping; as the 
operation is in plain view of the animal the sense 
of fear arises; that this worry and fear cause 
poisons to- generate in the body and that if we wish 
to get the benefit: of the nitrogen contained in meat, 
we must also eat these undesirable elements 
formed; that animals are diseased the same as hu- 
man beings. That cows are tubercular. That the 
most of these cows must contain tubercular bones, 
and tissues; that milk taken from these cows is 
extract of blood and must also be tubercular; that 
a person should take no chances of getting meat 
or animal products, not knowing w T hether it has 
been from such an animal or not. That the quality 
of milk given by different cows differ is chemical 
analysis depending on the cow's food; that a cow 
fed natural grains and grass will give a better qual- 
ity of milk than one that has brewery slops as part 
of its foods. That milk causes digestive distur- 
bances with many people, and we should take no 
chances. That the necessary protein and nitrogen 
can be had from nuts, grains, vegetables. That 
the fastest, largest and most reliable animals on 
earth are vegetable eaters, (the horse, cow, rein- 
deer, elephant, camel, rhinoceros and hippopota- 



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mus). That the milk business is so commercialized 
that the forced feeding to the cow, forcing the milk 
supply, has devitalized the vitality of the cow which 
results in tubercular cows. That hogs fed on swill 
from restaurants, hotels, tubercular sanitariums, is 
not fit food to be converted into* meat for human 
food; that ptomaine poisoning often results from 
meat eating; an excess of meat produces kidney 
troubles. 

The tubercular realizes that much of the argu- 
ment about these different classes centers about the 
nitrogen supply as to whether the supply should be 
accepted from animal foods or from grains, vege- 
tables or nuts. The tissues are using cells to per- 
form their functions and during cellular function 
some of the cells become waste or dead material, 
which must be removed and replaced by new nutri- 
ment, it is this which no other food can do and why 
the protein food containing nitrogen is absolutely 
necessary. The bulk of the protein food contains 
on an average 16 per cent, nitrogen, it is this part 
which replaces tissue cells. If the office worker 
or the tubercular were to eat as much as the black- 
smith or athlete, which many do, and the body does 
not need near so much, then any excess over the 
amount needed must be gotten rid of by the body 
and as no part can act without life force or vitality 
it must draw on this supply to get rid of the extra 
amount over and above its normal duties. It can 
be understood why the nitrogen supply should be 
proportioned to the bodily activities of these differ- 
ing conditions; the active physical worker, the brain 



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worker with a lesser amount of physical exercise 
and the tubercular needing very little more energy 
than for the vital functions to continue, for the 
voluntary muscles are at rest or very little used, 
until such a time as sufficient vitality is acquired 
for more active exertions. The weakened organs 
of a diseased body have an extraordinary amount of 
work to perform when an over-supply of food has 
been forced into them and is being continued to be 
added to an already overloaded system. Then there 
is a class not strictly vegetarians; they cut out the 
courser animal foods but add milk, eggs, and their 
products to the regular vegetable diet ; the fruit and 
nut eaters claim that fruits and nuts supply to the 
body everything that is required by the body, also 
anything and eA^erything that the other classes fur- 
nish without the courser elements found in vege- 
tables or the undesirable elements of the meat diet. 
That fruits and nuts contain more vital force; do 
not need the devitalizing of cooking but can be 
eaten in their natural state; do not induce overeat- 
ing by stimulation; that fermentation cannot devel- 
op as in cooked foods. 

The tubercular making a study of the dietetic 
needs of his body can study the claims set forth 
by each and find, theoretically, why each can be used 
in his effort to regain health. But the tubercular 
must not forget that a selection of food for a body 
in health when all the functions of the body are" in 
zuorking order, must be different from the selection 
necessary for a diseased body; that the conditions 
within the body are dissimilar from the normal state 



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of health. In a normal body all organs are working 
harmoniously, netabolisim is balanced; the intake 
and the output is equalized, these conditions do not 
obtain in a diseased body (if they did the body 
would not be diseased), so the tubercular, in making 
his selection of food must take into account the 
condition in his body as to its digesting, assimilat- 
ing, oxydizing and eliminating powers, as any or 
all of these may be defective. 

Any undue use of the vital power naturally 
lowers the store of vitality or life necessary to carry 
on the function of the whole body; no part of the 
body can act by itself, but must be endowed with 
life force for its action; as the store of vitality of a 
tubercular is not very heavy, any waste energy re- 
duces his store of recuperative power. 

"Nitrogen, when introduced into the body in 
excess quantities in the form of protein foods, such 
as meat, cheese and eggs, induces many serious dis- 
orders." — Alfred W. McCann, "Starving America." 

The tubercular should now realize that his vi- 
tal energies must be conserved, that none should be 
wasted in unnecessary activities of the vital organs 
in transforming food into tissue building blood or 
in eliminating any waste produced. This brings 
him to the question "how much, and what kind of 
nitrogenous food to supply the actual wants?" Those 
which do not require too much vitality in the pro- 
cess of digestion, assimilation and elimination, 
which, if not wasted to carry on any unnecessary 
process is husbanded for other more important work 
as the beating of the heart, the involuntary process 



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of breathing-; to circulate the blood and the actual 
process necessary for digestion to keep up the re- 
pairs of the body until increased health and strength 
has been gained. "Which class of protein foods 
can the tubercular eat, that will supply nutriment 
for the cells, with the least amount of energy to 
the organs engaged?" "What is the least amount 
necessary and how often and when to eat." Let 
the tubercular solve these questions as pertaining 
to his case, for his whole trouble may hinge around 
the proper following out of the right answers. With 
the writer, it seems that the least amount of this ele- 
ment in excess of the ne ] eds of the body attacks the 
tissues; it is such information which every person 
must determine for himself; each individual has the 
symptoms within himself, they are a part of him; 
only he can tell if they improve or get worse; by 
studying cause and effect each individual should be 
able to handle his own case when not too far ad- 
vanced, though how far this is before recovery will 
fail, is hard telling, for the writer had tuberculosis 
of five joints and of the lungs; three of the joints 
supperating for two years, and by persistant effort, 
recovered. 

Experiments carried on at Yale by Prof Chit- 
tenden has proven that athletes, soldiers, and mem- 
bers of the faculty have performed efficient mental 
and physical duties of their callings for from five 
to nine months on a diet containing from six to 
eight grams of nitrogen, per twenty-four hours." 
— "Nutrition of Man — Chittenden." 



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Two quarts of milk contain about nine grams 
of nitrogen. Can a tubercular body economically use 
any in excess, of this element? Prof. Voit, a lead- 
ing scientist of Europe, through experiments has 
demonstrated that an active body does not consume 
any more protein than a body at rest; protein re- 
places tissue cells, carbohydrates furnish the heat 
and energy to perform action. Can a tubercular 
body economically use any in excess of the amount 
demonstrated to be sufficient for mentally mid phys- 
ically active men? Should the tubercular or any 
person, force their organism to handle an excess of 
food above the needs of the body? This is a ques- 
tion for each individual to decide in his own case 
by experimenting to determine results. Dieting is 
almost a foreign subject to many persons, for they 
eat anything set before them, let the results be what 
they will; often repeatedly eating foods which have 
produced bad results, because of not knowing the 
why. About one-sixth of the weight of protein is 
nitrogen available for food purpose. Nitrogen of 
the air is not available for food. 

A surplus of protein will develop a catarrhal 
condition of the body; colds, catarrh, lung and 
throat trouble; where this condition has occurred 
all foods containing an excess of nitrogen must be 
restricted or cut off altogether. Persons afflicted 
with these troubles are generally heavy eaters of 
meat, eggs, milk, cheese and butter. Fruits and 
non starch vegetables and salads for a few days will 



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allow the body to get rid of the accumulated waste 
and congestion. 

"The greatest of all destroyers of human health, 
efficiency and happiness is not even known by name 
to one in a thousand. And yet it is something 
that everyone eats at every meal. The technical 
name of the greatest destroyer is proteid." — Horace 
Fletcher, "Phyical Culture Magazine," Sept., 1914. 



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NITROGEN. 

The nitrogen balance of the body is ascertained 
in the following manner: the nitrogen of the food, 
is weighed; the nitrogen of the urine and feces is 
weig'hed, any difference being noted; the nitrogen 
out put of an average day's meals is about 16 grams. 
Any thing which comes out of the body must have 
gone in; nitrogen outgo represents protein expen- 
diture of the body; this expenditure is replaced by 
nitrogenous food. If the eliminating organs are in 
good working order they will remove the nitrogen 
waste of the body and any nitrogen in excess of the 
needs of the body. The removal of any nitrogen in 
excess of the needs of the body requires extra work 
on the organs which were intended by nature, to 
eliminate only the body's own wastes. If the intake 
is 8 grams and the outgo* is 8 grams the body is 
in a nitrogen equilibrium; if the intake is 9 grams 
and the outgo is 8 grams then the body has gained 
1 gram to the good ; the tissues have gained to this 
extent ; body weight has gained that 1 gram ; if the 
intake is 7 grams and the outgo is 8 grams the body 
tissues furnished that 1 gram of outgo over the in- 
take ; there was more nitrogen excreted ; it came out 
of the body, and the body tissues furnished this 
one gram of outgo* which is more than the intake; 
nitrogen is furnished by protein ; the tissues are pro- 
tein ; only the tissues could have furnished the gram 
of nitrogen that had been excreted, which was more 



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than had been taken in the food, therefore the body 
tissues lost one gram. If experiments of this kind 
zvere carried on with tubercular subjects, the where- 
abouts of the large amounts of protein food eaten 
by the average tubercular might be ascertained; his 
tissues do not get the benefit, evidenced by his con- 
dition; his sputum and pus may answer for it. If 
the average excretion of nitrogen by the subjects 
of the experiments at Yale, is about 7 grams, and 
the diet maintained health, strength and endurance, 
then, when the excretion of nitrogen by the average 
person on the generally accepted diet is estimated 
as 16 grams, the work of the vital organs of the body 
must be in excess of the actual needs of the body, 
creating trouble for all organs involved. Can this 
be the cause of the so-called degenerative diseases 
which appear during middle life in so many persons? 
Are the organs of the body breaking down because 
of a life time's abuse f Think it over. 

Below is a list of foods giving their approxi- 
mate nitrogen contents which will give an idea of 
the amount contained in every day foods, for any- 
one who wishes to experiment on the least amount 
of nitrogenous food which will sustain life. From 
6 to 8 grams having been determined by experi- 
ments to be sufficient for mentally and physically 
active persons. 

28 grams to 1 ounce avoirdupois, 
i/i-lb. steak contains about 3.3 grams of nitrogen, 
i/i-lb. pork chops contains about 3.5 grams of nitrogen. 
}4-lb. fish contains about 3.5 grams of nitrogen, 
^-lb. chicken contains about 3.1 grams of nitrogen. 



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1 egg contains about 1.4 grams of nitrogen. 
1 pt. milk contains about 2.4 grams of nitrogen. 

1 lb. butter contains about 2.7 grams of nitrogen. 

3 oz. cottage cheese contains about 3.0 grams of nitrogen. 
14-lb. whole wheat contains about 2.5 grams of nitrogen, 
^-lb. barley contains about 1.5 grams of nitrogen, 
^-lb. rice contains about 1.5 grams of nitrogen. 
*4-lb. oatmeal contains about 3.0 grams of nitrogen. 
%-lb. whole wheat flour contains about 2.5 grains of nitrogen, 
^-lb. whole wheat flour contain sabout 2.5 grams of nitrogen. 
1411b. white bread contains about 2.3 grams of nitrogen. 

2 oz. almonds contains about 2.12 grams of nitrogen. 
2 oz. chestnuts contains about .62 grams of nitrogen. 
2 oz. peanuts contains about 2.92 grams of nitrogen. 

2 oz. pecans contains about .92 grams of nitrogen. 
2 oz. pignolias contains about 2.52 grams of nitrogen. 
^4-lb. navy beans contains about 4.52 grams of nitrogen. 
14 -lb. lima beans contains about 3.24 grams of nitrogen, 
i/i-lb. green peas contains about 1.02 grams of nitrogen, 
^lb. dried peas contains about 4.24 grams of nitrogen. 
1 lb. spinach contains about 1.5 grams of nitrogen. 

All fruits, vegetables and grains contain a 
small amount of nitrogen, and help to furnish it to 
the body. 



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RAW FOODS. 

There is sufficient scientific principle and merit 
in the use of raw foods, for the tubercular to give 
this subject consideration and thought as he studies 
and plans to overcome disease and to regain health. 
Plant life, (vegetables, fruit, nuts and grains) de- 
pend on the soil for the mineral elements necessary 
for their growth; man and animal depend on pro- 
ducts of the soil for their supply of mineral salts 
necessary for the body; as these minerals are found 
in an inorganic state in the soil, the bodies of man 
and animals cannot make use of them. The action 
of the plant with the aid of sunshine and water 
changes these minerals from inorganic to organic, 
and in this state the body gains the iron, calcium, 
sodium, phosphorus and other salts absolutely neces- 
sary for the body to function. If the soil is defici- 
ent in minerals from long continued cultivation, 
crops and products will be deficient, necessitating 
the use of different kinds of fertilizers to replenish 
the worn out soil, a condition recognized by all 
farmers. The size of the crops and the quality de- 
pend on the nourishing condition of the soil. The 
same condition holds good with man; if the nour- 
ishing qualities are missing from his food, his ef- 
ficiency is lowered. 

White flour contains about one-fourth the 
mineral elements whole wheat does. The excessive 
heat of cooking changes much of these minerals 



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back to their inorganic form. These minerals are 
soluble in water, when subjected to the heat in 
boiling w r ater, and when this water is thrown away, 
the minerals go with it; necessitating the eating 
of a larger amount of food to get the necessary 
amount of salts needed by the body. To offset 
cooked meals, the tubercular should make many of 
his meals on raw foods, (salads, vegetables, fruits, 
nuts) gaining the benefit of the mineral salts con- 
tained. Raw foods will digest before fermentation 
can effect them; a weak or slow digestion should 
take advantage of this to overcome fermentation 
which is almost always present. Raw r fruits and 
vegetables have medicinal and antiseptic qualities 
which cooking partially destroys. Many tuberculars 
realize that their symptoms have decreased during 
the summer and increases as winter comes on; he- 
cause of the more natural living, more air, more 
raw, natural sun-cooked foods which are eaten dur- 
ing the warm weather, contributes largely to the 
improved condition, these foods having the least 
amount of waste after assimilation into the blood 
stream. The acid and juice of raw fruits cleanse 
the stomach and intestines. Course raw vegetables 
will cause indigestion with weak digestive organs 
unless thoroughly masticated; let raw vegetables 
be of the leafy variety, lettuce, cabbage, cress, pars- 
ley, celery, spinach and other greens, with onions, 
radishes, tomatoes and cucumbers. Tissues are con- 
tinuously being broken down, carrying on the pro- 
cess of life and must be replaced, eventually creat- 



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ing a new body; care must be used in the material 
furnished. 

Hospitals have tried raw vegetable juice in 
tuberculosis and have reported considerable success, 
but care must be used in the protein foods to get the 
benefit of the vegetable juice. 



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FOODS. 

Some persons are sickened by articles of food 
such as eggs, butter, strawberries, fish, or mutton; 
their system seems to have an idiosyncrasy to these 
foods, as they seem to have some kind of detri- 
mental effect, a kind of a ptomaine poisoning; this 
is different from the poison set up by waste mater- 
ial collecting in the body and decaying, creating 
disease. Such foods, as oils, butter, sugar, and 
starch, create heat and energy but do not contain 
the elements needed to build tissues; they conserve 
protein material, which in cases of emergency can 
replace the carbohydrates. The tubercular should 
not eat anything* which has been canned, bottled, 
preserved, or embalmed; in cases of emergency, 
they may, but the tubercular needs the best obtain- 
able, which is as nature produced it. When the 
diet is limited to the needs of the body or a little 
less, congestion is less likely to take place, there will 
be less waste, necessitating less exercise to create 
combustion. The idea of cutting down the supply 
of food may seem a hardship to many, but if they 
will remember the many cases of fasting, lasting 
as long as 60 days; some carrying on their regular 
duties while on a 30 day fast and the majority im- 
proving mentally and physically. A tubercular fails 
to recover strength quickly from an absolute fast, 
but he can limit his food to less than the average 
tubercular eats. The object of the fast is to get rid 



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of morbid conditions, and to hold off all causative 
foods until normal conditions return. Because of 
his condition, he has no reserve strength or vitality 
to fall back upon, which would be necessary for a 
fast; what may be called a fruit fast, living for a 
few days at: a time on fruit, may be indulged in with 
benefit; while the body will get the benefit of the 
acid and sugars of the fruit, it has a chance 
to eliminate morbid conditions. Food builds and 
restores tissues; sleep restores vitality and strength. 
Many persons fasting have maintained and in- 
creased their vitality and strength, while going with- 
out food for days and weeks at a time. A tubercu- 
lar should not fast but should use judgment in his 
food supply. 

When food is eaten and the body cannot dis- 
pose of it, it remains in the body as protein and 
carbohydrate waste, decaying, forming uric and 
other acids; how is it possible for any tissue cells 
to- gain any nourishment from such a sluggish, 
viscid, waste saturated blood stream? 

From whatever point we look at tuberculosis 
it will have to be admitted that food must be the 
foundation of the treatment. The eliminating func- 
tion of the intestines of the tubercular is below nor- 
mal ; being afflicted with so much constipation, he 
must eat food which will stimulate the action of 
the colon, especially fruit, vegetables and grains. 
Why should a tubercular eat large quantities of 
rich fat foods which causes him to be indisposed 
to any active exertion, especially as the digestion 
of so many tuberculars is enfeebled? Because of 



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lack of exercise he is unable to burn up any in ex- 
cess of his bodily needs. During hot weather the 
tubercular should pay particular attention to his 
food, leaving out all animal, fat and sweet foods, 
substituting fruits, vegetables and grains. It is im- 
possible to transform a race or driving horse into 
a heavy draught horse, or a grey hound into a mas- 
tif by feeding, yet, many naturally slender persons 
try to increase their size by overeating^ often ruin- 
ing their digestion and health in the effort; the pat- 
tern of the body is designed by nature; when man 
tries to change it, he gets in trouble. The condi- 
tion of the system must be near normal for the di- 
gestive juices to carry on digestion; when disease 
is present, digestion fails, the food ferments, nausea 
and vomiting often take place for lack of diges- 
tive juices ; the system evidently needs all its forces 
to combat disease. Starches, sugars, and fats may 
cause too much fat with some persons if sufficient 
exercise is not taken to burn it up. Pood builds 
tissues. The tubercular must learn if his food al- 
lows the diseased tissues to be formed. The tuber- 
cular must watch his carbonaceous foods — sugar, 
starch, fat — they may be unloaded from the body 
through pus channels; he generally does not create 
enough motion to oxidize any in excess of his needs ; 
the less carbon to be oxidized the more chance the 
oxygen has to burn normal waste. The organs of 
digestion, assimilation, aeriation, propulsion and 
elimination are subject to waste and repair; it is the 
duty of the blood to remove the waste cells and sup- 
ply repair material; the food supplied must be di- 



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gested and assimilated into the blood and lymph 
stream and aeriated before it can be used; if the 
blood does not contain the necessary elements 
needed by these tissues, then the tissues must suf- 
fer to the extent of the missing material; if the 
missing element is delayed too long, weakness and 
disease sets in. It would overwork the organs of 
the body to supply heat and energy with protein 
foods. An amount of protein to- supply sufficient 
heat and energy, would be in excess of the protein 
requirements of the body, causing an undue strain 
on all organs involved; to save the working econo- 
my of the body, this error should not be made in 
the hope of raising the resistence to disease. The 
time to control the food is before it enters the stom- 
ach ; the last chance we have at it is in the mouth ; 
from there on, we have to take chances with the 
results; we cannot recall it; do not let that oppor- 
tunity pass to properly select and thoroughly mas- 
ticate the food, preparing it for the more delicate 
operations of the stomach and intestines. When 
life is asserting itself in every form in the spring, 
man seems to be the only dead thing present; that 
lassitude, tired feeling, when so many persons think 
they must have a spring tonic, is the result of ac- 
cumulated excess food material caused by overeating 
during the winter. When we take a so-called blood 
purifier w r e are trying to- do what nature will do with 
pure food, pure w r ater and pure air. We hear of 
degenerative diseases caused by worn out organs. 
Why worn out organs? Why do they not get re- 
paired as intended by nature? Is the excess waste 



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in the blood stream the cause? Do they become 
overstrained trying to eliminate this waste? As 
these diseases occur during middle life, are they now 
breaking down from the abuse of a life time? If 
so, the time to begin relief is when it can be pre- 
vented. The condition of the stomach and intes- 
tines must be kept under control by strict vigilence 
over the foods eaten; <the stomach and intestines 
should function without any discomfort and this 
is a condition but few possess, though at times 
they would like to fast for a meal or two, the pain 
and misery experienced is unbearable because of the 
fermenting contents of the stomach irritating and 
inflaming the lining and nerves, taking something 
to neutralize the acid ferment instead of understand- 
ing and stopping the cause. The neutralizing of 
the acid with an alkali does not stop the fermenting 
process; the foods are still fermenting; to stop fer- 
menting these foods must be stopped. 

"Eat what seems to agree with you." "Eat 
plenty of nourishing food." This advice is often 
given, yet, how many can fulfill it? There are 
tuberculars who' eat eggs, milk and meat, which 
"seems to agree with them," the taste is relished, 
all conditions seem favorable to gain the nourish- 
ment these "nourishing foods" are supposed to con- 
tain, yet they fail to improve, they are losing 
strength. Pain and supperation increase as the dis- 
ease progresses, and the advice is repeated "eat 
more nourishing food" and the foods which he has 
been taught to be nourishing, do not nourish him. 
In the case of the writer, the foods which (( seemed 



to agree with him" because they were supposed to 
be <e nourishing foods'" increased all tubercular symp- 
toms, increased the "fertile soil" for the tubercu- 
lar bacillus, the germ blamed for all the troubles. 
Finding, on a reduction of these foods, other condi- 
tions being right, that the symptoms will decrease, 
because the fertile soil is not being supplied; in other 
words, instead of nourishing the germs with these 
nourishing foods, they are being starved, there will 
eventually be nothing for them to thrive on; their 
duty is done, and as nature asserts itself, harmony 
takes place in all organs. The cells of the body 
take on the character of the cells of the food. We 
cannot see the process by which body cells take on 
its nourishment from the food, but we can tell the 
quality of the work produced by these cells, whether 
nerve, muscle or bone. While recovery from tuber- 
culosis is on, never let any food into the stomach 
unless it has beneficial elements for the body. Vi- 
tality is used in getting- rid of anything which can- 
not be used. In winter we need heat producing 
food ; in summer they are unnecessary. Much com- 
fort in summer depends on the amount of heat pro- 
ducing foods we eat; heat is needed to generate en- 
ergy, but the tubercular uses little energy and does 
not need so much heat as a more active person. Will 
power is needed to abstain from an excess of food. 
Certain foods act as a poison with some persons, 
eggs, fish, mutton, milk, butter, and strawberries; 
a tubercular should know all these foods which act 
this way with him. He may find it a rather long 
list. The digestive apparatus of the tubercular acts 



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slower and is in a weakened condition; any food 
lying dormant in the intestines must ferment and 
create trouble. A mess of food outside the body, 
but kept at the body temperature and moisture, will 
sour and decay in the time it takes a weakened di- 
gestion to dispose of a similar mess; any house- 
wife or cook knows how soon food sours and fer- 
ments in a warm place, yet in the intestines the 
gases given off are confined and absorbed into the 
system. Much is written about foods, yet little is 
known. Writers contradict one another; the indi- 
vidual should know all their ideas and pick out the 
ones suitable to his own case. Little actual know- 
ledge is known about foods, requiring the individual 
to become his own dietitian to fit his own case. 



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STARCH. 

Starch is of the carbohydrate class of foods; 
it furnishes heat and energy; an execss is converted 
into fat, causing obesity with some persons ; the con- 
stitution of the tubercular is unable to store an ex- 
cess, as fat, as evidenced by the many emaciated 
tuberculars who eat of this class of food. The di- 
gestion of starch commences with its mixture with 
saliva during mastication, then digestion continuing 
in the stomach for almost one half hour or until 
the alkaline element of the saliva is neutralized by 
the acid of the gastric juice; the digestion of starch 
is finished in the intestines; the liver distributing 
and storing any excess; motion, exercise or work 
causes carbon of the food and oxygen to create com- 
bustion, forming heat and energy. 

Starch in the form of bread, cake, pies, cookies, 
cereals, potatoes, beans, peas and peanuts, readily 
ferments when not thoroughly insalivated, and 
mixed with food chemically inharmonious, re- 
tarding digestion. Any article containing starch 
which is swallowed without being thoroughly in- 
salivated will ferment in the stomach and intestines 
of weak or slow digestive power; digestion is re- 
tarded by any article of acid forming food, as sugar, 
vinegar, lemon juice or acid fruit. The gases and 
acids formed by the fermentation, and absorbed 
into the system is a cause for headache, dizziness, 
faulty heart action, by their irritating influence on 



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the nerves. Fermenting of starch will cause indi- 
gestion, dyspepsia and constipation. The eating of 
starch before the last meal has been fully removed 
by absorption and elimination or while any fer- 
menting food from a former meal is present, will 
upset digestion. Excess of starchy food causes 
sluggishness. Starch must be changed to sugar by 
digestion, before it can be utilized by the body. Di- 
gestion of starch is retarded by fermentation; fat 
or grease with addition of acid or sugar will cause 
fermentation, with a weak digestion. 

When the hydrochloric acid of the gastric 
juice is in excess of the requirements of the food 
present in the stomach, as is often the case when 
too much starch is eaten, the acid irritates the nerves 
and lining; a little protein food, such as nuts, will 
overcome the excess acid by absorption. 

When fruits, grains or vegetables fail to absorb 
the digestive acid present, add a few nuts. 

Many have eaten meat stews containing grease, 
flour and starchy vegetables, (potatoes, carrots and 
onions) which formed a fermenting process after 
eating; the accompanying gas flavored by the pre- 
dominating vegetable flavor; with a sedentary per- 
son the condition was right for fermentation; the 
grease of the stew retarded the digestion of the 
starch of the vegetable which fermented; if any 
acid or sweet had been eaten, a fruit or berry pie 
or fruit or cake, fermentation is almost certain. A 
laborer at hard work in the open air may have over- 
come its effects but an indoor worker generally does 



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not exercise enough to offset the effects, conse- 
quently stomach and digestive troubles follow. 

During sleep all wastes and poisons are gener- 
ally eliminated or deposited at their proper elim- 
inating place, allowing a fresh start for the day; if 
former errors have not been too gross, the morning 
should find us in a fairly clean shape internally to 
proceed with the days work, but, if we err at break- 
fast, at the beginning of the day, with a ferment 
forming breakfast, then we may look for trouble all 
that day, for it takes very little ferment to< continue 
fermentation while anything is at hand which will 
ferment and this is generally the case; it is such 
cases as these, that our digestive tablet friends are 
catering to. A tablet or baking soda may neutral- 
ize the acidity for the time being, but that does not 
remove or cure the cause; when the action of the 
soda or tablet is over, fermentation is still on, the 
cause, fermenting food, must be withheld before a 
cure can be effected; and foods which will ferment 
in an individual must be known to* that individual 
so he can withhold them; prevention is much bet- 
ter than cure and less painful. A weak digestion 
cannot tolerate starch with acids of fruit, pickles, 
lemons or tomatoes. Bread, pie, cake, biscuits, 
cookies and cereals are especially particular of what 
accompanies them during digestion. 

When starchy foods are being eliminated from 
the diet, fruit and vegetables can be eaten to» a large 
extent, especially the raw vegetables and raw fruit. 
A better general physical condition will follow, be- 
cause of the less activity on the part of the diges- 



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tive and eliminating organs. All vegetables con- 
tain more or less starch; figs, dates, raisins and 
bananas take its place in the dietary. Starch must 
be transformed by the digestion into sugar; the 
sugar of fruit is already at this stage of digestion, 
almost ready for assimilation. The eating of excess 
starch may be a life long habit, requiring time and 
will power to overcome, but the tubercular will find 
it to his advantage to abstain from the great quan- 
tities the average person eats. 

A breakfast of oatmeal and milk with oranges 
or apples or other acid or semi-acid fruit will create 
dyspepsia in a weak stomach; the starch of the cer- 
eal is seldom mixed with saliva, but is sprinkled 
with sugar and washed down with milk, which by 
itself, ferments with some persons; when the fruit 
is added it increases the chances of fermentation. 



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BREAD. 

Chemical analysis shows that whole wheat 
flour contains 4 times the mineral element that 
white flour does, absolutely necessary elements 
needed by the body. White bread fails to satisfy 
hunger as does whole wheat bread. Graham flour 
as often bought contains only bran and white flour; 
real w r hole wheat flour forms worms in a short time, 
the reason why it is hard to get in the market. Gra- 
ham bread in many instances is white bread colored 
with molasses and a little bran mixed to give the 
appearance; bran at $1.00 a hundred and graham 
at $2.50 is the cause. White bread and butter; 
white flour griddle cakes, and syrup, doughnuts, 
and coffee which are the breakfasts of many per- 
sons contain very little nourishing elements needed 
by the body. Whole wheat bread with any kind of 
nut butter or fruit butter or sauce would be more 
nourishing and wholesome. An excellent whole 
wheat bread may be made with half white flour to 
bind the other half whole wheat flour; one half 
pound of each; half spoon salt; 1 spoon sugar; 1 cup 
milk or water; 1 spoon olive oil; 1 spoon baking 
powder; mix like biscuit dough, roll thin, cut with 
biscuit cutter and bake; this will be found more 
palatable than when made by the fermenting pro- 
cess with yeast. To make whole wheat flour; buy 
the whole wheat and grind in a coffee grinder when 
needed. Whole wheat costs about $1.25 a hundred; 



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whole wheat flour costs about $3.50 a hundred; it 
pays to be your own miller; grind enough for each 
batch as it is needed. 

The best baking powder; 1-2 lb. cream tartar, 
1-4 lb baking soda, 1-4 lb. corn starch; costs a 
little more, but it is worth it. All starchy food 
should be masticated to start digestion with the 
saliva. Many have experienced the sodden lump 
formed by fresh white bread; it seems almost im- 
possible for the digestive juices to penetrate. A 
meal of such bread fails to satisfy as does one of 
whole wheat. 

Yeast for bread making is the result of fermen- 
tation ; the gases given off by fermentation are con- 
fined in the bread dough resulting in the light 
spongy texture. When the dough has expanded by 
the accumulating gases and just before it becomes 
sour, the baking causes the dough to hold its ex- 
panded condition, but, while the process of rais- 
ing the dough is going on every particle of the flour 
is being acted upon by the fermenting gases con- 
verting much of the nutritious elements into carbon 
dioxide and other gases which escape while baking. 
Many persons, especially of a weak digestion have 
experienced evil effects from fermented white 
bread. The fermentation converts the sugar and 
starch into yeast germs, which multiply and give 
off gases expanding the mass of dough ; if this fer- 
mentation is continued a short time longer than a 
baker considered it should be, acetic acid and vine- 
gar forms and the whole mass is sour, the reason 
of sour bread, as is often experienced; ("the staff 



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of life") ; is it any wonder that starch helps to fer- 
ment other foods and causes dyspepsia, indigestion 
and constipation? Substitute much of the bread 
with fruit and vegetables and be safe. White bread 
may be permitted to those who think they cannot 
eat the whole wheat bread, if plenty of raw fruits 
and vegetables are included in the general diet to 
furnish the necessary salts, lost from the white 
flour. While digestion is working, it might just 
as well be acting on a food containing the needs 
of the body as a food which lacks some of them. 
The action of the saliva on the starch is to make it 
more soluble for absorption. White flour products 
fed to chickens creates a disease from which they 
die. 



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SUGAR. 

One of the principle causes of intestinal trou- 
bles is the eating of too much commercial sugar and 
starch. The habit of swallowing foods containing 
these without sufficient mastication to insalivate 
(making them indigestible after reaching the in- 
testines) is so broadspread that indigestion has be- 
come one of the leading complaints of Americans. 
The baker or housewife makes yeast from starch, 
sugar, water, and a ferment under proper conditions 
of temperature. The starch of potato or flour is 
scalded with water to make yeast; by the addition 
of a ferment, in the form of an yeast cake, fermen- 
tation takes place; as the yeast germs work faster 
and livelier in the presence of sugar, this is added 
to the fermenting mass to hasten the fermenting 
process, giving off carbonic acid, ammonia, and al- 
coholic gases, easily detected by inhaling, while fer- 
mentation is on. A sufficient inhaling wall cause 
dizziness and nausea, proving the injurious effect 
these gases have if inhaled and absorbed into the 
blood as it passes through the lungs for its supply 
of oxygen. Meals containing a number of differ- 
ent articles, it is almost impossible to control the 
compatability of the different foods, that is, because 
of the mixture of starch, sugar, acid, grease, is like- 
ly to cause fermentation. If meals are eaten while 
there is still in the stomach and intestines remains 



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of a former meal, it is easily understood why starch 
and sugar of the new meal is acted on by the acid 
of the former, causing belching of gas, flatulence 
and other digestive troubles; fermentation of the 
whole mass is taking place giving off carbonic 
acid, ammonia and alcoholic gases ; as these are con- 
fined in the intestines, is it any wonder that dizzi- 
ness, palpitation of the heart, headache and other 
bodily disturbances take place as these gases are 
absorbed into the blood stream and passes to all 
parts of the body, and when it has gone to such an 
extent that the physician looks at the tongue and 
knows, then it is time to get busy, to learn the 
cause. 

Is it any wonder that sour stomach and dys- 
pepsia are so prevalent? How many have noticed 
the nervous agitation which takes place in the stom- 
ach if candy or frosted cakes are eaten after a meal, 
or anything containing an excess of sugar; the fer- 
menting process going on, probably needed a little 
more sugar to hasten fermentation before digestion 
had been completed, exactly as the baker or house- 
wife does when they wish to hasten the fermenta- 
tion of yeast. To gratify the sense of taste we ruin 
the results of digestion. The tubercular must learn 
how sugar is liable to help cause fermentation, and 
use judgment in its use. Thorough insalivation of 
starch and sugar helps to prevent fermentation when 
the saliva may act on every particle of starch or 
sugar. Note the effect the acid gases of this fer- 
menting mass must have on the lining of the stom- 
ach and the nerves attached thereto. If the head- 



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ache, vertigo, dizziness, palpitation of the heart re- 
sult from the poisons passing along with the blood, 
absorbed from the fermenting food, and it is the 
duty of the liver to abstract all such poisons, then 
the liver must certainly be out of order or the 
amount is in excess of its capacity. Most any tuber- 
cular can notice the effect of fermenting food after 
the gases formed, are being absorbed. His breath- 
ing is shorter and he can also notice that the blood 
fails to grasp and hold as much oxygen. The oxy- 
gen absorbing qualities of the blood has been dimin- 
ished, failing to gain the benefit of all of the oxy- 
gen present, a very serious matter. Sugar increases 
gastric secretions inducing overeating. Beet and 
cane sugar form acetic fermentation. 

The craving for sweets is a natural one; the 
body needs the heat and energy generated from this 
class of carbohydrates and is best supplied by sweet 
fruits: sugar cane (not cane sugar), maple sugar 
and honey, which should take the place of candy and 
other sugar foods. Sugar is a valuable food, but, 
it must be as nature made it; the sugar in the com- 
mercial form has been separated from the plant; 
nature never made the granulated sugar. Over- 
come the sweet tooth habit acquired from the eating 
of candy and other sweet foods. Xote how a native 
of the sugar cane belt, will chew the sugar cane pith 
and improve in health, while the eating of cane 
sugar will cause fermentation and other intestinal 
troubles. The mineral elements are contained in the 
sugar cane but have been lost in the making of cane 
sugar. 



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Compare the chemical contents of alcohol, 
glycerine (fat), fruit sugar, cane sugar and starch; 
all contain carbon, hydrogen and oxygen in slight- 
ly different proportions; the fermenting process of 
sugar, acid, starch and fat (glycerine) besides car- 
bon dioxide and ammonia gas, gives off alcoholic 
gas. 

Alcohol C 2 H O. 

Glycerine C 3 H 8 3 . 

Glucose or Fruit sugar C 6 H 12 O f ;. 

Cane sugar C12H22O11. 

Starch C*H 10 O 5 . 

Lactic Acid C 3 H 6 3 (Sour Milk). 

Malic Acid C 4 H 6 5 (Fruits). 

Citric Acid C H 8 O 7 (Oranges). 

Is it any wonder a person feels drowsy and 
dopey after eating a heavy meal of meats, sweets, 
starch and fats, when this mass starts fermenting, 
as it often does when contained in weak digestive 
organs ? Let the tubercular have a care how he in- 
toxicates his blood by creating conditions which will 
so affect him. 

Any physician will forbid sugar to anemic 
adults and children; when the teeth start decaying; 
bladder troubles, obesity ; diabetes ; gastric fermen- 
tation; catarrhal troubles; commercial sugar irri- 
tates and aggravates these conditions. Sugar creates 
heat therefor must be withheld in sickness and fev- 
er; motion or exercise creates muscular energy or 
force from heat; a feverish person cannot convert 
the heat into muscular force: withhold the heat — 
sugar — during fever. 



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Food containing an excess of sugar such as 
candy, syrup, frosting for cakes and pies; jellies, 
jam and preserves are almost half sugar, many con- 
taining fruit acid which makes a good combination 
to start fermentation; sugar and fruit contained in 
pies create a ferment; stewed fruit with sugar; fruit 
with sugar; when the palate is tickled, the stomach 
is often ruined. Many dyspeptics will recognize 
some of their old friends here as the cause of their 
downfall — dyspepsia. When the irritation of the 
stomach nerves extend to the solar plexus then the 
life of a dyspeptic is a misery; the irritation is from 
the acid fermentation; the fermenting food forms 
this acid; to prevent the irritation by the acid, eat 
foods which will not ferment. Variety is the spice 
of life, and the dyspeptic knows what a spicy life 
he leads because of the variety. Unless a thorough 
knowledge of food is had, a variety of foods at one 
meal is dangerous; simplicity of food relieves dys- 
pepsia. Let the variety extend over a number of 
meals, then variety becomes the spice of life. Sugar 
at one meal, starch at another and acid at another, 
then all may be well, but mix all at one meal ; some 
stomachs can stand it for awhile, but — 

In some cases sugar retards digestion by caus- 
ing fermentation; a fermenting mass of food can 
in no possible way furnish fit material to form tis- 
sue making blood; sugar is valuable but must be 
used with discretion; when an abnormal sweet 
tooth orders sugar, note if the contents of the stom- 
ach will stand for it. To get an idea of how fer- 
mentation will pile up it is only necessary to ask any 



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baker, how many loaves of bread he can cause to be 
raised by one small two cent yeast cake; he will tell 
you he can take the small yeast cake and create 
enough fermentation to raise 200 lbs. of dough ; the 
yeast cakes weigh y 2 oz., with the aid of water, 
starch and sugar at the right temperature, he can 
cause fermentation to affect one thousand times its 
weight in dough. A little fermentation goes a long 
ways as many dyspeptics can testify, if they have 
given the condition a little thought. The least 
amount of fermenting food remaining from a for- 
mer meal, will form yeast from a new meal in a 
short time, a cause for the dyspepsia felt an hour 
or two after a meal has been eaten, especially if 
this new meal is chemically inharmonious, contain- 
starch, sugar, liquids and acid. 



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SALT. 

Should the tubercular use salt? As salt is an 
inorganic mineral it cannot be used by the body in 
the same sense that organic mineral salts can. Salt 
is an irritant; it draws moisture from the tissues, as 
evidenced by snuffing of salt and water up the nos- 
trils, the amount of mucous it draws from the lin- 
ings of the nose; salt in the mouth draws an extra 
supply of saliva to spit it out; it requires an effort 
of the will to swallow; a continued application of 
salt to the mouth will eventually dry up the tissues. 
A dose of salts as a physic acts the same, drawing 
moisture from the tissues of the stomach and intes- 
tines in such quantities as to wash out the salt, also 
cleaning out the contents of the intestines and colon ; 
many have experienced that the amount of salt must 
be gradually increased to be effective, proving that 
salt is detrimental to tissues with which it comes in 
contact; the natural moisture of the tissue has been 
gradually drawn out until the lining must be so dry 
that the contents of the colon cannot move along as 
nature intended, constipation being the result. As 
the food generally eaten by a tubercular is used with 
considerable salt, he must use his judgment if the 
amount he is using each time he eats, is harmful in 
its effect on the lining and tissues of the stomach 
and intestines. Any excess of salt requires extra 
work on the liver and kidneys to excrete. As salt 



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is an inorganic mineral and cannot be used as. a tis- 
sue builder, and is absorbed into the blood, (many 
suffer from piles and skin eruptions on lips and nose 
from excessive use of salt meats, bacon and ham). 
Does this salt have an irritating effect on the dis- 
eased tissues of the lungs, causing unnecessary 
cough? (Salt or saline solutions are irritating- to 
any abrasion of the skin). Nature trying to over- 
come the cause of the irritation by forming mucus, 
which the tubercular raises as sputum. Let the tu- 
bercular investigate for himself. As the salt does 
not act on the tissues or contents of intestines as 
many people think, but is acted upon, is forced out, 
from the body, it is easily seen that it requires con- 
siderable expenditure of energy to accomplish this; 
note the weakened feeling afterward. As no organ 
or part can act by itself, but must be endowed with 
life power to act, this excess energy is drawn from 
the main supply, reducing that supply of energy or 
vitality which should have been used for other pur- 
poses ; as the largest part of the contents of the colon 
is the residue of food after absorption of the nutri- 
tious qualities, we should have eaten foods that 
would have passed along (without the necessity of 
such drastic remedies) as nature intended it should 
do. Salt is a preservative of food, by rubbing in of 
salt and pickling; are we eating enough salt to 
pickle and harden the tissues it comes in contact 
with ? Can an exchange of cell material be affected 
under conditions of excess salt, that is, the removal 
of used cells and deposit of new? 

If a person sprinkles a coating of salt on any of 



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his food, there must be something the matter with 
his taste or the food or maybe both. Among the 
mineral elements found in food is chloride of sodium 
(the scientific name of common table salt), but salt 
contained in food has been organized by the action 
of the sun, rain and bacteria so it can be absorbed 
and used by the body of man and animals. Has the 
excessive use of salt any connection with hardening 
of the arteries? We have experienced the effect of 
salt as to its moisture drawing power from the tis- 
sues and if enough moisture is drawn, the tissues 
are left in a dry or hardened condition ; has salt this 
effect on the harding of the arteries? Salt has an 
irritating influence on the tissues ; many have noticed 
the thirst after eating or drinking anything salty; 
it is to replace the water drawn from the tissues; 
the kidneys are affected by eliminating an excess of 
salt; salt retards digestion; salt increases the secre- 
tions causing overeating. 

Salt may be considered a helping cause in al- 
coholism; the free lunches often abound in salty 
food — more drinks. 



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MILK. 

Milk is considered by many as a wholesome 
food, yet many tuberculars fail to gain when using 
it. Milk is primarily intended for the feeding of 
the young of the milk producing animals. Milk 
is on a commercial basis by forced feeding and 
forced milking which is probably the cause of tuber- 
culosis among milk cows, because of the unnatural 
living condition of the cow. Any condition of liv- 
ing which is against nature, produces disease in man 
and animal. Mother's milk is natural food for the 
infant; cow's milk is the natural food for the calf. 
Milk causes digestive troubles to many persons 
drinking it. Milk is affected by the nature of a 
cow's food, and brewery slops, fed to> many cows, 
cannot produce the quality of milk given by cows 
on a natural diet. If the cow is diseased, as many 
are with intestinal troubles, can it produce good 
milk, milk being extract of the blood of the cow? 
Under these conditions, milk could not be a very 
ideal food for a tubercular; the drinking of large 
quantities of milk gives a bloated appearance'; the 
tubercular in this condition seems to be susceptible 
to hemorrhage. 

When milk ferments in the stomach and intes- 
tines it produces constipation and most milk drink- 
ing tuberculars are constipated; the confinement of 
cows, especially during winter in filthy barns helps 



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to produce disease. The tubercular mother is ad- 
vised not to nurse her baby, but is the milk from 
a tubercular cow any better? She does not know- 
that the milk will not be from such a cow ; the drink- 
ing of large quantities of milk will increase the blood 
volume, but let the tubercular who drinks to ex- 
cess have a care as to whether his blood vessels can 
withstand the pressure, and not rupture, causing a 
hemorrhage. 

Because of the weakened condition of the stom- 
ach, milk often forms curds, causing dyspepsia and 
constipation; because a food may be to the liking 
or because someone said it was good, don't over- 
load. Be moderate in all things. 

Two quarts of milk contains about 9 grams of 
nitrogen for tissue building, but only half enough 
heat producing contents for the average body — 
1,200 calories (the average body requiring about 
2,500 per day) ; to furnish heat and energy by milk, 
would require the drinking of twice as much milk, 
4 quarts, doubling the amount of nitrogen demon- 
strated to amply supply the body. For the tubercu- 
lar to determine is : does the benefit, heat, energy 
and larger blood volume derived from 4 quarts of 
milk, compensate for the extra work on the organ- 
ism handling the extra nitrogen ? Can the body use 
this extra amount? Many tuberculars seem to be 
starving, yet drinking large amounts daily with 
other nitrogenous foods ; as nitrogen is tissue build- 
ing material and the average tubercular eats plenty 
of this food, and many are failing, is the vitality 
and energy required to get rid of the surplus, in ex- 



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cess of the benefit derived, gradually decreasing the 
vital life forces? The tubercular or any other per- 
son must think for themselves; figure out their own 
salvation; no one else can for them; general ideas 
can be had from those who have given health some 
study, but specific details must be studied. by the in- 
dividual himself; sickness and disease are the result 
of this lack of personal knowledge. 

Experiments by the writer to determine the ef- 
fect of a milk diet were carried on as follows : fruit 
only, was eaten for two days; the third day a fast; 
the fourth day one and one half quarts of milk ; one 
half at noon, the rest at night; a slight pain at the 
right knee w r as felt the morning of the fifth day; 
two glasses of milk that morning, increased symp- 
toms. 

"Tuberculosis is another disease that is very 
frequently communicated to the human organism 
from the carcass of dead cattle. In his "Human 
and Bovine Tuberculosis," Dr. E. F. Brush contends 
most strenuously that pthisis is very frequently con- 
tracted in this manner and advances strong evidence 
in support of his claim. As the result of excessive 
meat eating and eating too much food the body be- 
comes choked with an excess of mal-assimilated 
food material and particularly with uric acid — a pro- 
duct of meat." — "The Natural Food of Man," 
Hereward Carrington. 



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BGGS. 

Eggs when fresh are considered by many as an 
easily digested food, but let the tubercular take par- 
ticular notice of the effects of the assimilated nutri- 
ment, after it has entered the blood stream; the body 
may be unable to use this nourishment or it may be 
in excess of the amount needed by the body. If it 
remains in the body and the eliminating organs 
are unable to excrete the excess, and because of the 
constitution of the tubercular, cannot be converted 
into fat for future use, then of what benefit is any 
food regardless of how easily it is digested if these 
conditions obtain? Let the tubercular pay particu- 
lar attention to eggs ; he must work out his own sal- 
vation. Eggs must be considered. 

Experiments by the writer found that one 
quarter pound of raw eggs (2 or 3) produced 
symptoms in a shorter time; more severe and last- 
ing longer than the same amount of any other caus- 
ative food, evidently more easily absorbed into the 
blood stream and in excess of the bodily needs; 
eggs cooked in any style developed less severe 
symptoms. Five eggs furnishes enough nitrogen 
for one day's supply for the body; when other foods 
are eaten containing more nitrogen it can easily be 
understood how the body many be flooded with ni- 
trogenous waste compounds, Persons with any or- 
ganic trouble must be careful when eating eggs. 



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"Don't use milk and raw egg diet for any 
trouble. You cannot live upon one substance of 
such a nature for a great length of time without 
creating insanity in the digestive organs just as 
dwelling upon one thought continually will produce 
insanity in the mind. The worst possible thing is 
to give a diet of raw' eggs and milk in consumption, 
they create more consumption. It will produce con- 
sumption within six months, beginning- with a nor- 
mal person. The milk and eggs contain albumin, 
but, the percentage is equal even greater in other 
foods." — "Common Sense Diet," Prof. B. H. Jones, 
Pittsburgh, Pa. 



MEAT. 

Chemistry has found the constituent parts of 
all foods, meats, nuts, beans. It has found that 
each contain certain proportion of oxygen, nitrogen, 
carbon and other elements. If the science of chem- 
istry is correct then any of these elements must be 
the same wherever found, whether in the human 
body, in animal foods and products or in nuts, fruits, 
grains or vegetables. If the quality of the element 
needed by the body can be obtained from one source 
in a purer state than from another, why not accept 
the purer quality? If the protein foods supply the 
nitrogenous element needed by the body and these 
consist of meats, nuts, vegetables and grains, and 
if to derive the benefit of meat we must also eat 
undesirable compounds contained in meat such as 
urea, uric acid, etc., which cause extra work for the 
kidneys and liver, and if the nuts supply the same 
nitrogen without these injurious compounds that 
had been formed in the animals body during life, 
then why not accept that food which will supply the 
body its necessary nutriment, at the same time not 
causing extra work to the excretory organs? 

Many diseases have been charged up to meat 
eating. The excessive use of any nitrogenous food, 
meat, eggs, peas, beans, nuts, will produce uric acid 
in execss, in the body. Is there any possibility of 
clean meat ? Note the effect on an animal from the 



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chase; the fear and worry at the slaughter; animals 
affected with disease, especially cows with tuber- 
culosis, many states are passing laws for inspection 
trichina, hog cholera and any meat that has traces 
of waste product must be unclean ; can the tubercu- 
lar take chances on such a food? The tubercular 
must study the theories and facts as presented by 
many writers on the subject and work out his own 
salvation, the decision bearing on the relative merits 
of the ideas advanced, pertaining to his own case. 
It is the individual who is sick ; the individual must 
learn health. 

Blood and bones of animals contain the greater 
portion of the mineral elements demanded by the 
animal life and are lost to human consumption; 
note the dog as he crunches the bone, he wants the 
calcium, (lime) in which the flesh is lacking. 

Garbage fed hogs are hardly fit food for man, 
yet in some cities it is a crime for others than the 
hog raisers to use city garbage; such refuse from 
restaurants, hotels and tubercular sanitariums com- 
ing back to the people as pork chops. 

Fats and oils are generally advised to increase 
strength, weight and energy, but the average tuber- 
cular has to use considerable will power to over- 
come the abhorance for these foods; does the in- 
dividual exercise enough to convert the heat gen- 
erated, into energy? We see tuberculars eating every 
kind of fat, such as oils, butter, cheese, cream and 
milk, yet fail to get any benefit; why should he 
overtax his system with a food he is not getting 
any benefit from? Meat is stimulating and this 



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effect causes many persons to eat too much of it. 
It is estimated that the body needs two ounces of 
fat in twenty- four hours; as many foods contain 
fat, it will not be necessary to eat two ounces of 
butter or oil; starch and sugar will be changed to 
fat by many constitutions; nuts furnish a sufficient 
amount. An excess of fat seems to have an affin- 
ity for any part of the body where pus forms, doc- 
tors forbidding it in cases of acne, pimples. The 
tubercular must notice if it forms pus when the 
bones are affected or an excess of mucus to be ex- 
pectorated. If the kidneys excrete nitrogenous 
waste and nitrogen is one of the elements supplied 
by protein foods and four ounces of beef or nuts 
will supply the necessary amount of nitrogen need- 
ed by the body in twenty-four hours, what will 
eventually happen to the kidneys when their work 
is doubled and trebled by eating two and three times 
as much nitrogen as the body can us? Any pro- 
tein food in excess of the bodily needs must be 
eliminated; if the excreting organs fail, then the 
retained waste will cause disease. Milk, meat, eggs, 
fish, beans and nuts furnish protein, other foods do 
in smaller amounts. 

Heavy eaters of meat are invariably consti- 
pated; note the constipated condition of meat eat- 
ing animals and those which subsist on grains. 
Heavy eaters of protein foods are easily affected 
with colds, coughs, catarrhal troubles. It has been 
asserted that meat eaters are less susceptible to tu- 
berculosis than vegetarians. That the tubercular 
needs the qualities of nutrition contained in meat 



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and animal foods ; there are many who improve and 
have been cured by following these theories, but 
notice the many who adhere to this diet and fail to 
improve, many getting worse. These are the ones 
who must give their case especial study. When 
meat must be eaten let it be not over four ounces 
and accompanied by raw vegetables or salad to 
furnish bulk and mineral elements. 

For the benefit of those who are failing to re- 
cover or making a poor recovery, these extracts 
from able writers are submitted so that any person 
may follow up the line of thought expressed, there- 
by giving themselves a square deal. 

"Consumption is a mal-nutrition disease, result- 
ing primarily from air-starvation, seconded by food 
starvation or its equivalent, the perversion of food, 
as observed in individuals with dyspepsia and indi- 
gestion. It has been held for many years that con- 
sumption was a disease resulting from a bacillus, 
a low form of microscopic animal life. The opin- 
ion is now gaining ground, however, that it is a 
disease resulting from fermentation causes in the 
nature of a mould or mildew, a low form of vege- 
table life, and that the source of infection is through 
the stomach or other parts of the alimentary canal 
and rarely if ever through the lungs." — "The Art 
of Living in Good Health," Daniel S. Sager, M. D. 



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COFFEE. 

Many experience an all gone, can't stand it 
feeling, when any stimulant like tea, coffee or alco- 
hol is being overcome by abstinence; a headache and 
other disagreeable feeling occurs, which, to the mind 
of the individual, can be relieved, onfy by resorting 
to the stimulant ; if willpower enough could be used 
to abstain until the nerves adjust themselves to nor- 
mal, it would be a matter of only a short time when 
this effect would pass off. Those who have drop- 
ped coffee and occasionally try a cup of it, can feel 
the effect of that one cup, an oppressive, nervous 
agitation through chest, abdomen and head. Cocoa 
and chocolate are food drinks which few persons 
should use; habitual users often suffer from liver 
troubles and indigestion with headache often pres- 
ent. Coffee produces wakefulness. Students abuse 
its use to overcome fatigue and drowsiness during 
studies ; many experience buzzing in the ears ; dizzi- 
ness, vertigo and headache; it often interferes with 
digestion and the function of the kidneys ; the ner- 
vous agitation and irritation in some persons, cre- 
ates nervous excitement, noticed in the habitual user 
of tea, coffee, cocoa and chocolate. Fruit juices 
and nut milks will be found more wholesome and 
can be used to overcome the coffee habit. 

Caffein, the drug contained in coffee interferes 
with and retards digestion, and like any other drug, 
creates an appetite for itself, evidenced by the crav- 
ing for it when dropping the habit. 



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WATER. 

Few tuberculars drink enough water. The 
body weight is about 70 per cent, water. The mus- 
cles and tissues are a large part water; saliva, gas- 
tric juice and perspiration are almost all water; the 
blood is over 75 per cent, water. All the functions 
of the body require water; water is required to car- 
ry on digestion, assimilation and elimination; wa- 
ter is a solvent, and is laden with body poison and 
wastes as it is eliminated by the kidneys, bowels, 
skin and lungs; without a sufficient supply of wa- 
ter, much of these wastes would be retained in the 
body causing disease and sickness; moderation is 
essential in all things, also in the use of water; do 
not become water logged. 

One who eats principally of fruit and vegetables 
does not require to drink so much water as a per- 
son eating largely of the more concentrated foods. 
A person using plenty of fruits and vegetables does 
not have a craving for alcoholic drinks. The wa- 
ter-juice pressed from fruits and vegetables and di- 
luted with water is an excellent drink during any 
feverish condition, containing the mineral salts, 
acids and sugar necessary for the body without 
causing undue labor of the digestive organs and con- 
serving vitality, at the same time not supplying more 
fuel to keep the fever burning, as heavier food does. 
In this condition, granulated sugar must not be used 



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for sweetening. All fruits and vegetables are com- 
posed largely of water, a provision of nature to 
supply water where it otherwise might have been 
withheld. Water is necessary to throw off body 
waste during fever. As an external remedy water 
is invaluable ; a cold compress over the chest, shoul- 
der and neck often relieves congestion of the lungs 
and throat, removing bodily poisons and equalizing 
the circulation. A cold compress over the chest 
shocks the skin circulation, driving the blood in- 
ward, but the reaction, (where there is sufficient 
vitality to react) will cause the blood to return, 
warming the cold compress, creating a moist 
warmth between the compress and body; by cover- 
ing the compress with a blanket or flannel, confin- 
ing this warmth, the pores relax, waste poison ex- 
udes, often relieving the congestion. Where the 
body cannot react with the cold bandage, but re- 
mains chilled, a higher temperature of water must 
be used. 



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FRUIT. 

There are very few persons who cannot digest 
fruit by itself when it is not mixed with some other 
class of food; when taken with a food requiring a 
longer time for stomach digestion, then when fer- 
mentation sets in, the fruit is generally blamed, for 
the acid and sugar of the fruit will often start the 
fermenting of the starch of vegetables and grains 
when mixed. If the dyspeptic tubercular will watch 
the mixture of fruit with his other foods he will 
relieve himself of considerable stomach and intes- 
tinal troubles; it is this failure to understand cause 
and effect where so much digestive trouble arises. 
Masticate the fruit well, especially acid fruit, to 
neutralize the acid of the fruit by the saliva, the 
stomach then accepting the fruit more readily. Re- 
member that germs do not thrive in fruit juices, so 
diluted juices are indicated in fevers. Milk, beef 
tea, beef juices, or canned soups should be replaced 
by fruit juices. Fresh fruits are valuable for the 
fruit sugar easily absorbed by the body, the acids 
cleansing power of the .intestinal tract; the water 
in its purest form and the cellulose for its stimula- 
tion of peristalsis. Cooking of fruit should be very 
little; no' sugar should be added as fermentation 
often sets in causing digestive disturbances; if a 
sweetening must be had use small amount of honey 
or if stewing fruit use raisins or currants or dates 



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for their sugar. Bananas are an especially good 
fruit but must be ripe, as bananas to be shipped, 
must be picked while green and allowed to ripen 
in transit and storage. Care must be observed not 
to eat those half ripe or while the skin is pale yel- 
low; if the fruit is still fairly firm and not over 
ripe, while the skin is spotted black, it is then in 
the nearest condition to a banana ripened on the 
tree. Because of the habitual constipation of tu- 
berculars, a fruit breakfast is preferable. Diges- 
tion of fruit requires from 3-4 to 1 1-2 hours; if 
it is held in the stomach waiting on any article re- 
quiring a longer time, the fruit may undergo a pro- 
cess of fermentation and retard digestion of other 
food. 

Many persons avoid fruit because of intestinal 
troubles experienced after eating it; it ferments 
and causes fermentation of other foods when 
wrongly combined. A tubercular should always 
have fresh, ripe fruit at hand to eat, when not par- 
ticularly hungry for heavier food. Many persons 
have experienced the effect of eating too much 
fruit at one time, causing a light attack of diarrhoea 
yet overlook the fact that a judicious use of fruit 
would maintain a normal action of the bowels, pre- 
venting constipation. The juices of any fruit should 
not be taken in its condensed form, but should be 
reduced with water to the extent of about what it 
would have been in the bulk of fruit. Where the 
juice of one or two bunches of grapes may be suf- 
ficient we should not drink the juice of half a doz- 
en or more bunches because it happens to be handy 



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in a bottle. Fruit juice, containing the fruit sugar 
requires very little effort on the digestive organs 
and are absorbed in a very short time; are refresh- 
ing after extended mental or physical exertion. 
Fruit and nuts should predominate in a raw food 
diet; the coarser vegetables often cause indigestion 
with a weak stomach. The same acid which curdles 
cream or milk in a dish of strawberries and cream, 
will also help to ferment starch food when mixed in 
the stomach; one of the reasons why many persons 
suffer after eating strawberries and starch at one 
meal. To be safe, fruit must be eaten alone and at 
such a time that it will not mix with other foods 
eaten at a meal before or to> come later. 

"Meat, far from being a necessary food for 
man, is an unwholsome article of diet and in many 
cases most detrimental to health. Meat is always 
polluted by the waste products of animal life, while 
it is deficient of certain mineral elements (organic 
salts) which are indispensable for the proper oxi- 
dation and purification of the blood. 

Energy and endurance are not produced by 
protein (albumen) which is one of the principal 
constituents of meat, but chiefly by the combustion 
of carbohydrates which we find in the most assimil- 
able form, as sugar, in sweet fruits and succulent 
plants."— "The Folly of Meat-Eating," Otto 
Carque, Los Angeles, Cal. 



NUTS. 

Nuts and fruits contain fat and sugar, furnish- 
ing heat and energy for the body; a fruit diet for 
a few days will relieve constipation and followed 
by a fruit breakfast each day will cure it; nuts take 
the place of meat; nuts eaten after a full meal as 
a delicacy, has created in the minds of many per- 
sons that nuts are indigestible; if the nuts had 
been the main part of the meal they would have 
furnished more and better sustenance than the or- 
iginal meal, without the intestinal troubles; when 
nuts are eaten after a meal it practically amounts to 
two meals forced into the stomach at one time, the 
first meal satisfied the stomach craving, but the 
palate thought, because of the flavor, nuts would 
top off the meal, causing overeating with this heavy 
food. Remove the brown skin of nuts by blanch- 
ing in hot water before grinding into nut butter. 
Nuts average 40 to 60 per cent, fat, 20 to 30 per 
cent, proteids, 10 to 15 per cent, carbohydrates with 
1 to 3 per cent, minerals. Pound for pound, they 
are more nourishing and richer than meat. Buy 
the nut preferred and do your own grinding; add 
nut butter to vegetable soup for the oil. One or 
two ounces is sufficient for one meal; they are a 
concentrated food and must be accompanied by the 
more bulky fruits or vegetables and thoroughly 
masticated to a creamy consistency. Nuts are often 



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indigestible with weak digestive organs. The fat 
contained in pine nuts, pignolias, have the heat and 
energy producing qualities of butter or olive oil, 
is easily mixed with the watery digestive juices, 
which allows for better digestion. The analysis 
shows about 62 per cent, fat, 15 per cent, protein, 
17 per cent, starch and sugar, 3 per cent, mineral 
salts, 3 per cent, water. Beef contains 18 per cent. 
of nourishment, the rest is water; pignolias contain 
about 97 per cent, nourishment, the rest is water. 

When an excess of digestive acid is present in 
the stomach, causing irritation, nuts will help ab- 
sorb the acid, often giving immediate relief; the pro- 
tein of the nuts absorb the acid and the saliva helps 
to neutralize it. 

Two quarts of milk weighing four pounds, 
will furnish about 1,200 calories of heat; one pound 
of almonds, walnuts or pecans will furnish over 
3,000 calories; when combined with other foods 
furnishing heat, it would require plenty of work to 
convert the resulting heat and fat into muscular en- 
ergy and save the body from any disorder which 
must surely develop when insufficient exercise is 
taken; when 2,500 calories has been proven to sus- 
tain normal life activities, the tubercular will real- 
ize that he must keep a careful watch over his heat 
producing foods, (nuts, oils, fats, sugar and starch) 
until such a time when he can convert the result- 
ing heat into energy by motion. 



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BREAKFAST. 

Breakfast should be light after a night's sleep 
when the vital energies have been accumulating; a 
heavy breakfast is physiologically unnecessary. The 
tubercular should at all times strive to save his en- 
ergy and vital force, and a light breakfast, consist- 
ing of fruit in season should be the limit with which 
to expend any digestive force. Ripe, raw fruit in 
season (apples, peaches, pears, grapes, cherries, 
prunes, figs, plums, grapefruit, dates, cantaloupe, 
watermelon, bananas), or serve with any oi these 
one of the dried fruit butters (raisins, currants, 
figs, dates, ground through a fine vegetable cutter), 
or serve any one of the nuts, or any nut butter; or 
some well toasted whole wheat bread or rye bread 
or pumpernikle bread; note whether any digestive 
trouble follows the eating of fruit and bread; if 
so, drop the bread and use fruit alone or with fruit 
butter or nut butter. When fresh fruit cannot be 
had, use stewed sun dried fruit, sweetening if neces- 
sary, with honey or dates or raisins; no cane or 
beet sugar. There are times when solid food is 
not wanted, then any of the fruit or nut drinks can 
be used, they furnish nourishment in an easily di- 
gested form without taxing the digestive organs. 
Mix 1-4 fruit juice, 3-4 water, sweeten with honey 
if necessary. Two or three spoons of honey to a 
glass of water. One or two spoons of nut butter to 



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a glass of water. Any of these drinks will make 
a good substitute for milk ; they will do for a lunch 
when unable to hold out until the next meal; these 
drinks can be served with unpolished rice, whole 
or cracked wheat, oatmeal or corn meal mush ; some 
stomachs can stand any kind of a mixture, but care 
must be observed when fruits and cereal starch are 
mixed ; by knowing this, much pain and discomfort 
can be avoided. The fruit butter and honey can 
be used for sweetening purposes, being more whole- 
some and more acceptable to a weakened digestive 
organ than cane or beet sugar. Simplicity and mod- 
eration is the keynote to health. 



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LUNCH. 

Lunch may consist of the same class of foods 
as breakfast; when breakfast has been eaten late, 
lunch will be unnecessary for hunger and appetite 
will not be present in such short intervals as when 
eating the regular mush, eggs, meat and milk 
breakfasts; one of the fruit or nut drinks may be 
satisfying. A raw vegetable or vegetable salad with 
nuts or whole grain bread will answer. Coarse raw 
vegetables will be found hard to digest by a weak 
digestive organism. The leafy variety will be found 
to be more satisfactory, may be served with or with- 
out olive oil and lemon juice as a dressing; nuts 
are oily, use care when olive oil is being used; 
remember, health is not an accident and requires 
the knowing of a few simple truths to enjoy it; 
once it is lost, it requires the following of these few 
simply truths to regain it. Simplicity and modera- 
tion must be used in all things. Salads may be made 
from any mixture of the following list, suitable to 
the taste. Lettuce, celery, tomatoes, cabbage, on- 
ions, spinach, cress, cucumbers and radishes. One 
or two ounces of the following nuts is sufficient 
for one meal depending on the active condition of 
the person. Almonds, filberts, pecans, walnuts, pig- 
nolias, chestnuts, brazil nuts, cocoanuts, peanuts, 
and hickory nuts. Whole wheat or cracked wheat 
mush or bread; rye or pumpernickle bread; unpol- 
ished rice; corn meal mush; whole wheat toast 
may be ground and eaten as a breakfast or lunch 
dish. 



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BRAN. 

Bran of wheat contains protein and mineral 
matter discarded when white flour is made; the pro- 
tein is nutritious and the minerals are laxative, 
aiding to overcome constipation; can be eaten raw, 
cooked as mush or as bread or muffins. 

Tuberculars must be careful in the use of nitro- 
genous foods (nuts, peas, beans, meats, eggs, milk 
and cheese.) Non-stimulating and non-nitrogenous 
meals should be tried and the effects carefully noted, 
especially as it affects the cough, sputum, pain and 
pus; it is by such experiments the individual can 
learn cause and effect. 



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SUPPER. 

Supper and bedtime should be timed, so that 
the last meal of the day will be about 2 or 3 hours 
before retiring; the last meal will have been well 
along with its digestion, providing fermentation has 
not set in; the object of this time is to get to sleep 
before a false appetite commences to call for more 
food or drink and give the digestive organs a chance 
to rest. Retiring after eating a full meal interferes 
with the accumulation of the life energy acquired 
during sleep; many have noticed this effect the 
next day; anything which will interfere with the 
acquiring of this force should not be permitted. 
A light supper favors sleep and reduces the ten- 
dency to excessive sweating. A full nights sleep 
is more valuable to a tubercular than a heavy sup- 
per, which will irritate the nerves of all organs in- 
volved in digestion, assimilation and elimination, 
causing wakefulness; there are many persons who 
prefer to satisfy the appetite regardless of the re- 
sults; as one individual puts it, "I would rather 
enjoy life and eat what I please, than to live as 
some one else advises," as though it were possible 
for a tubercular to enjoy life and do as he pleased; 
maybe that is why he is a tubercular. Some per- 
sons think digestion is a process of fermentation 
because of the use of the word ferment connected 
with digestive juices. Fermentation is a process 



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of souring and decaying; digestion is the process 
of the organism to prepare food for absorption 
into the blood and lymph, but with too many per- 
sons is the process of digestion changed into fer- 
mentation because of careless eating habits; it is 
this carelessness which results in dyspepsia, indiges- 
tion and constipation. 

Supper may consist of any of the foods of 
breakfast or lunch; many will prefer a hot cooked 
meal, which may be eaten at lunch or supper as the 
individual thinks best; these suggestions about 
meals and foods are offered for the individual to do 
his own experimenting; they may suit some persons 
and they may not suit others, but are given as gen- 
eral ideas to base personal experiments on; each 
individual is a law unto* himself. A young active 
person needs different foods from a young inac- 
tive one; different foods are required in winter than 
in summer; an older person needs different foods 
as age advances; heavy manual w r ork and brain 
work requires different foods; it is for these 
reasons each individual must think for himself. The 
following list of vegetables may be cooked by either 
baking or steaming or stewing in the least amount 
of water to prevent scorching; any combination 
suitable to the taste may be used ; a good plan would 
be to soak over night any of the peas, beans or len- 
tils as preferred; to cook these until soft then add 
any desired vegetables and whole grains, cooking 
all together by simmering until soft, then add nut 
butter or olive oil as may be desired : 



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Peas 


Kidney beans 


Navy beans 


Mexican beans 


Lima beans 


Lentils 


Cabbage 


Potato 


Spinach 


Tomato 


Water cress 


Celery 


Onions 


Green pepper 


Carrots 


Cauliflower 


Turnips 


Sweet potato 


Beets 




Whole wheat 


Wheat flakes 


Cracked wheat 


Whole rice 


Oatmeal 


Barley 


Nut butter 


Olive oil 


Nut oil 





Take lima beans from list one and cook 
until soft by simmering; add a small onion, cel- 
ery, green pepper from list two; also add some 
whole rice from list three half an hour before serv- 
ing; for those who may think it is not rich enough, 
add any of list four, nut oil or olive oil. This com- 
bination makes a delicious and wholesome vegetable 
soup or stew ; with two slices of toasted whole 
wheat bread will be found a satisfying meal when 
active w r ork is not engaged in. The eating of 
meat, milk and eggs after a lifetime's habit will re- 
quire considerable will power to overcome. When 
these foods are eaten, let them be in proportion to 



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the needs of the body; one-fourth pound of beef 
should be sufficient for any one day; it should be 
of such meats as can be considered clean, mutton, 
beef or chicken ; eggs and meat at one meal furnish 
too much nitrogen, when milk is added it still in- 
creases the nitrogen; bread containing more nitro- 
gen helps to pile up unnecessary work for the kid- 
neys to eliminate; this problem of food is one which 
must be solved by each individual for himself; he 
must study conditions as they pertain to himself, 
then act. 



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COMBINATIONS TO AVOID. 

The digestive organs of the tubercular are in a 
weakened condition; because of this, he cannot eat 
every kind and any kind of food set before him, 
if he wishes his digestion to go on peacefully and 
avoid the many pains and miseries experienced by 
the average person, because of errors in diet. Un- 
til he is positive of this action of different foods, 
he should avoid fruit with meals containing vege- 
tables, meat, fish, or milk; avoid acid fruits (jel- 
lies, jams and preserves may be considered as fruit, 
as most of them are half fruit and half sugar and 
some contain fruit acid), with starch and sugar. 

Avoid all animal fats, greasy gravies and 
soups. Milk and egg combinations are indigestible 
to many tuberculars. Meats, fats, milk, eggs and 
nuts should not be eaten at one meal; all are rich 
in nitrogen and oil. The tubercular should eat spar- 
ingly of peas, beans, lentils and peanuts until diges- 
tion improves. Avoid spiced, pickled, soured, 
smoked and potted meats, fish, vegetables and fruit. 
When kidney, bladder, heart, brain and nervous 
troubles are present, use very sparingly of nitro- 
genous foods; eat fruit, grain and vegetables. Raw 
lettuce and cabbage help to cleanse the intestines. 
Some vegetable salads can be accompanied by ap- 
ples, but the individual must learn by experience 
how this combination will act on his digestion. 



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Avoid tomatoes and cereal starch. Let all meals be 
of simple foods as nature produced them, to avoid 
inharmonious combinations. Do not try to improve 
fruit and nuts by cooking ; there are plenty of cook 
books abounding in just such recipes, but they fail 
to tell how to overcome the resulting stomach and 
intestinal troubles. Most any one can make a roast 
or a stew from nuts, peaches, strawberries and 
cream, but it also creates misery with a weakened 
digestion, which, that anyone may not know how to 
relieve. It is well known by all persons that cooked 
articles of foods will ferment and sour in a shorter 
time than in its raw state, hence, the fermentation 
and dyspepsia of many tuberculars subsisting on all 
cooked foods. 

"Eat very little, if any, meat or fish. Meat 
and fish combine a very low percentage of actual 
nourishment, with a great amount of waste mater- 
ial, a tremendous total of deleterious matter (urea, 
uric acid, creatin, creatinin, leukomain, etc.), and 
a deficiency of the important organic salts. Beef 
tea and meat broths are chemically equivalent to 
urine, containing most of the excrementitious mat- 
ter in the animal and practically none of the nour- 
ishment, making it at the most, nothing but a solu- 
tion of ptomaines." "Rational Treatment of Pul- 
monary Tuberculosis. " — Dr. Leon Bourgojon, Los 
Angeles. 



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ALCOHOL. 

The effect of alcohol on the tubercular must 
be given study by the individual himself. Many 
take alcoholic drinks to stimulate the appetite, and 
for the effects it produces. Alcohol has the effect 
on the motor nerves of first stimulating, making 
them more active, seemingly to possess more power, 
but when the effect of the stimulant has worn out, 
the reaction sets in, the final results of the alco- 
hol are that the nerves are doped, paralized; to re- 
gain the stimulating effect another drink is taken; 
if that is not as effective as desired, the alcohol is 
Increased; like any other drug, alcohol creates an 
appetite for itself. Once started the insatiable de- 
sire for more has been created. Alcohol causes a 
waste of energy as evidenced by the quickened 
heart action, the excitement created in the brain 
and extending to all the nerves; in sufficient quan- 
tities it will partially paralize the motor and sens- 
uory nerves, depleting their functions. Any power- 
ful stimulant which will create such excitement and 
its depressing reaction must be avoided especially 
when trying to overcome disease. Many have 
noticed the effect of alcohol on the brain, especial- 
ly when taken with a meal. The stomach requiring 
an extra supply of blood to carry on digestion, de- 
pletes the brain supply for the time being; the in- 
toxicated condition of the blood cells, from the al- 
cohol, numbs and partially paralizes the brain cells, 
causing inertia, a stupid and drowsy feeling. Al- 
cohol is a stimulant; note the depressing reaction 
when the effect has worked off; to regain the stim- 



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ulating effect, the nerve excitement, requires more 
alcohol increased at each offence to gain the stim- 
ulating effect; the resulting reaction increasing ac- 
cordingly. 

Wine creates fermentation with a weak diges- 
tion; the acid of the fruit will start fermentation 
of starch ; beware when wine is used to create an 
appetite. 



TOBACCO. 

Naturally, tobacco in every form must be ex- 
cluded; the smoke inhaled is not beneficial and the 
nicotine creates havoc with the nerves. 



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APPETITE. 

Appetite as generally understood is the desire 
for food, but the tubercular must distinguish be- 
tween the physiological needs of the body and men- 
tal desire for food. Appetite may be developed by 
different methods; many persons thinking that be- 
cause a large quantity of food can be gotten into 
the stomach they have a good appetite, regardless 
of whether the cells of the body need the nutri- 
ment contained or whether it overworks the diges- 
tive organs. Alcoholic drinks, by their irritation 
of the nerves of the stomach, will create an appetite 
giving the impression to the mind of the person that 
it should be satisfied; the irritation of the inflamed 
nerves drawing blood to the parts and because that 
part happens to be the stomach, the impression is 
made that we need something to eat, even though 
there is still food in the stomach from a former 
meal. We see an article of food and because we 
know it tastes good because of its sweet or sour or 
salty or spicy flavor we eat of it. We know we 
do not need it for bodily uses, yet the mind, knowing 
its pleasing taste, creates an appetite for it and we 
eat. Why do so many seem to feel hungry an hour 
or two after eating a meal? They have the idea 
that they did not eat enough at the last meal and 
there is room for more, yet at the meal, they thought 
they had loaded up? At the meal they have just 



eaten, foods had been eaten which created chemical 
changes in the stomach other than digestive. The 
mixing of different kinds of food which would not 

mix harmoniously and allow digestion to go on 
quietly but caused fermentation to set in. The fer- 
menting process developed heat and acid; the acid 
and heat irritated and inflamed the nerves of the 
stomach; the irritated and inflamed nerves developed 
fever as any other inflamed or irritated part of the 
body will; an extra supply of blood being drawn to 
the stomach, nature's method of trying to relieve 
the irritation by removing the irritant and equaliz- 
ing the circulation, but in this case nature fails to 
equalize, the mind has been impressed that there 
is room for more food and zee proceed to fill up 
again. If it had been reasoned out when this im- 
pression prevailed, we could overcome the desire by 
willpower and prevent a recurrence. When appe- 
tite is attended by hunger then zee have a true ap- 
petite. During the functioning of the different parts 
of the body, cells are used up and if not replaced, 
the body will gradually wear itself away and will 
diminish in size; it is the voice of nature calling 
for a replenishment of these cells which is the true 
hunger; when zee satisfy the desires of appetite at- 
tended by this condition (the call of nature to re- 
plenish the cells, that life may continue), we arc 
safe to proceed with eating, providing the food con- 
tains the nutriment which will replace and rebuild 
these tissues. The tubercular must recognize be- 
tween these different forms of appetite. 

Many eat what may be considered a square 



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meal, for instance, corned beef and cabbage, pota- 
toes, white bread, butter, pie, pudding, coffee and 
though it fills the stomach cavity at the time, yet 
it seems to lack something necessary to supply some 
zcant of the body; we feel the call of that substance 
yet do not know just what it is; to satisfy the call 
we either eat more, or maybe a drink or two of some 
alcoholic beverage, coffee, or other stimulant, or 
inhibit the feeling with a cigar or cigarette. Did 
that meal and others like it fail to contain the min- 
eral salts that the body may use the nutriment of 
the meal? A meal containing fruits, nuts, vege- 
tables and grains which still contain these necessary 
salts is not followed by that unsatisfied zcant. Let 
the tubercular see that many of his meals contain 
these salts as nature intended, by eating meals of 
raw foods, cooked by the sun. 

When the mind dwells on some article of food 
pleasing to the taste, the saliva flows more than 
when the food is not relished. The thought of the 
mind causes the saliva to flow or "makes the mouth 
water/' Many persons suppose that when the stom- 
ach is loaded with food, whether hungry or not, 
that the stimulation of this food would excite the 
nerve controlling the flow of gastric juice to main- 
tain digestion ; by keeping the stomach full of food 
at all times, they could gain the nourishment de- 
sired to develop enough resistance to offset the in- 
roads of tuberculosis. To ascertain the correctness 
of this theory, a Russian scientist experimented to 
learn the actual condition regarding the flow of 
saliva and gastric juice. Among different experi- 



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ments was one by which meat was introduced into 
a dog's stomach while the dogs mind and atten- 
tion was attracted elsezvhere; on removing the meat 
from the stomach, after due time, very little action 
had been taken on the meat by the digestive juices; 
by returning the meat to the stomach, through an 
apperture in the side, the attention of the dog at- 
tracted to something to eat, such as meat, but not 
fed to him, the mind, anticipating the food, caused 
the gactric juice to flow, acting normally on the 
meat in the stomach. When real hunger is present 
and the mind dwells on appeasing the hunger, this 
pleasurable anticipation is necessary to accomplish 
digestion; it is obtained only when hungry. To eat 
when not hungry, when the body has not actually 
called for replenishment of tissues, then the psy- 
chic effect on the saliva and gastric juice will not 
be so effective, the gastric juices are weak, the food 
lays in the stomach and if a wrong mixture has 
been eaten fermentation and decay sets in and dys- 
pepsia obtains. 

An appetite is easily gotten, that is, if filling 
the stomach with food at any time, may be consid- 
ered satisfying the appetite; food can be eaten 
which is easily digested and absorbed into the blood 
and lymph, but there has never been a method found 
which can compel the body to use this nutriment 
after its arrival into the blood; there is no device 
which can compel nature to create tissues from this 
nutriment. Some tuberculars may find this the 
solution of their disease. Any excess of nutriment 
which gets into the body must come out; if the 



go 

kidneys, liver, bowels, lungs and skin fail to elim- 
incite this excess, and the tubercular 9 s body cannot 
store it as fat, then nature forces it out at any weak 
part, as in tuberculosis of the bones or lungs, or 
as another disease with those not having a tendency 
for tuberculosis. When hunger is present, the food 
is relished and the sense of taste is satisfied, we 
stimulate the nerves controlling the supply of sali- 
va to the mouth and gastric juice to the stomach. 
Foods which do not comply to these conditions will 
lack the digestive juices, causing intestinal troubles. 
Condiments such as salt, pepper, mustard, vinegar 
and sauces are used to whip up and excite the ap- 
petite or to change the taste of some food, which 
by itself, would not be palatable. If food must be 
disguised to be eaten, try something else. Any- 
thin k which will stimulate the appetite other than 
natural hunger may cause overeating; food in ex- 
cess of the needs of the body uses vitality. Eating 
habits and false appetites should not be mistaken 
for hunger. Good results cannot be obtained when 
dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation and mal-assim- 
ilation are present. 

The invigorating air of fall, winter and spring 
often creates too hearty an appetite, resulting in 
spring lassitude and so-called spring fever, the re- 
sult of eating too heartily during the cold weather. 

"The great objection to meats is the fact that 
the nutriment from meats will quickly decompose 
in the blood stream if they are taken in too great 
a quantity — the body is unable to use it. The de- 
composition results in debilitation and disease un- 



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less it is quickly thrown off. There are many per- 
sons who do not need meats and should often ab- 
stain from eating this class of foods." — John J. 
Henderson, D. O., "The Science of Food Selec- 
tion/ 1 Charleston, N. C. 



PART TWO 



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LAWS OF NATURE. 

After our body has been delivered to us, it is 
our duty or the duty of those who have us in their 
care, to know how to care for that body. The 
health of the body depends on how we furnish its 
proper needs; there are certain conditions which 
must be adhered to; laws which nature intends 
must be followed, if the body she delivered to us 
is to be at ease through its life time. These condi- 
tions are laws we must learn, so we may know the 
needs of the body. If we are to keep the body at 
ease, to have every function and every organ work- 
ing in harmony, then the laws of nature must be 
adhered to; if we fail in this, the functions and or- 
gans will not work in harmony, there will be dis- 
cord; there will not be ease, but dis-ease; anything 
which will interfere with any working of the body 
is a cause which changes ease to dis-ease; to restore 
ease, the cause of the change must be removed ; the 
difference between ease and dis-ease is to follow 
or to fail to- follow laws as nature intended; na- 
ture intends all things shall be in harmony; day 
and night, the seasons, the sun, moon and stars, the 
flowers of summer and snows of winter all work 
in harmony by laws set for their guidance; man 
cannot interfere with them ; the inheritance of man 
is harmonious health; when this is absent, man has 
failed, not nature. Nature is ready to restore har- 



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mony — health — when men remove any cause inter- 
fering. If man does not know the cause, then he 
must learn what constitutes the requirements of na- 
ture as it pertains to his individual case. Every- 
thing nature has full control over, all is harmony; 
when man has control it often interferes with na- 
ture and results in discord, inharmony, dis-ease; 
the body depends on nature but man's control of it 
will not allow of nature at her best; he does not 
know cause and effect of his thoughts and actions 
as they pertain to the health of his body; to re- 
tain or regain health, man must know his bodily 
needs as required by nature and supply them. 

Nature is at all times striving to maintain the 
health of the body and its organism. When this 
protective quality is being overbalanced by our hab- 
its and appetites, then will the body become dis- 
eased; to overcome disease me must correct all these 
conditions, and allow nature to proceed. Note how 
nature removes any irritating substance in the nos- 
trils, by sneezing ; also note how the use of snuff 
can create its habitual use without causing the 
sneeze; after long abuse, nature tolerates it; the 
nerves affected are partially paralized; nature tried 
to overcome the first few doses, but the individual 
did not heed the cry; a habit is now formed detri- 
mental to health. We must learn the danger sig- 
nals of nature, that we may recognize any habits 
creating diseased conditions in our body. The head- 
ache may be a symptom of intestinal trouble or bad 
air; if pain did not tell us that something was 
wrong, the wrong could go on, maybe until beyond 



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repair; pain means something must be removed or 
fixed up. Nature uses the cough to remove any 
irritant from throat or lungs, that the tissues of 
these parts may function normally. Nature re- 
moves sputum to relieve irritation and congestion; 
remove the cause of the sputum, there will be no 
irritation or congestion to relieve and no cough. 
Pimples and boils are a sign of excess waste in the 
body which should not be there. Excess waste in 
the body must be removed: if the eliminating or- 
gans cannot handle it, then nature forces it out 
through a weakened spot, as pus from- tubercular 
bones, sputum, boils and pimples; remove the cause 
of the waste, there will be no pus to exude. Nature 
depends on dieting, fresh air, exercise, sunshine, 
bathing, rest; many reading this list will say, "there 
it is again, same old story in the same old way." 
It is the same eld story, but the old way has failed 
to zeork so many times, it had to give way to a new 
y; the old way required too much groping in the 
dark, hoping that by some lucky- chance we could 
grasp the object of our search, health; the new way 
will be more positive in its actions. 

Nature is the master mechanic; all the differ- 
ent parts of the body perform their part in the 
running of the human structure. If there was no 
such thing as pain, a diseased part of the body 
could continue diseased and probably be getting 
worse without our knowing it, if it should be an in- 
ternal organ; the pain notifies us that there is 
something wrong and we must look after it, if 
we do not wish the cause of the pain to get worse 



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and the diseased conditions to progress. When the 
pain is relieved or deadened or stifled by an opiate 
it does not remove the cause; the cause must be 
found and the condition improved before a perma- 
nent relief of the pain can be had. 

Blackheads, pimples, boils, abcesses, running 
sores, are signals from the result of retained waste 
which is not being eliminated from the body by reg- 
ular channels. 

Food must be supplied to furnish heat, energy, 
replenish old tissues, and build new; age, size, cli- 
mate and occupation must be considered; the child, 
youth, middle age and old age require different 
quantities and kinds of foods; a large person more 
than a smaller; cold weather more heating foods 
than in warm; a blacksmith or athlete more than a 
person of a sedentary occupation, or a diseased 
body. 

Water, to help carry on the processes of the 
body. 

Fruits and vegetable juice are necessary for 
their mineral contents and to aid in elimination of 
bodily wastes and poisons. 

Oxygen to oxidize the waste and help create 
heat and energy. 

Light to gain the solar energy from the sun's 
rays and help elimination. 

Exercise to circulate the blood that nutriment 
may be delivered to the cells and waste removed. 

Sleep and rest that the poisons formed through 
the day may be eliminated; energy acquired; and 



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the voluntary and involuntary functions may re- 
cuperate. 

Recreation, to re-create; to forget the worries 
and cares incident to a busy life. 

Mind, to be enlightened and developed to rec- 
ognize what is right; willpower sufficient to over- 
come many habits and appetites. 

Health, strength, endurance, and vitality de- 
pend on the interpretation of the needs of the body 
and supplying them to the individual requirements. 



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VITALITY. 

Vitality, life force, vital energy, are names 
of that power received from the Supreme Being 
by which the functions of life in our body is car- 
ried on. The amount and quality of life is measured 
by the amount and quality of this power me possess. 
It can be likened to electricity, which, unknown as 
to what it is, other than a power that can be gen- 
erated, stored, controlled and used to advantage. If 
this vital power could be generated from food, it 
would then only be necessary to eat plenty of the 
food which would supply it, but, as there are many 
people who seem to eat plenty and many that over- 
eat and yet have a poor vital force, it proves that 
food is not the main source of vitality. Many ex- 
ercise in the hope of increasing their vital power 
by muscular developement. Though exercise is val- 
uable, many athletes were unable to acquire a suf- 
ficient amount and quality of vitality to overcome 
sickness and disease. There surely must be plenty 
of exercise to become a leading wrestler, prize- 
fighter, heavy-weight lifter, yet there were many 
of these and in other fields of athletics, who suc- 
cumbed to sickness and disease, not having suffici- 
ent vital resistance to ward it off in the first place 
or to overcome it after the attack had set in. Why 
do some persons who do not seem to be as strong 
physically or mentally as others, seem to have more 



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vitality? Have they learned how to direct their 
energies and vital force to better advantage? To 
conserve their vitality so as not to have any unneces- 
sary loss and to economize in its distribution? It 
evidently seems so, for these athletes who died of 
consumption, pneumonia, or appendicitis must have 
had splendid physical powers or they never could 
have attained distinction in their different lines, 
but did not use to advantage or conserve their 
vital forces and when the time came they had no 
vital reserve to fall back on, having in various ways 
dissipated nature's allowance through unnecessary 
expenditures. 

Vitality; Vital force; Life force; Life Power, 
represent the vital principle of life. Where it comes 
from, how acquired and what it is, is still a ques- 
tion, but it is the manifestation of the Higher Pow- 
er, the Supreme Being, God, as represented in every- 
thing pertaining to nature. The movements of the 
planets, the change of seasons; plant and animal 
life, the beating of the heart, the circulation of the 
blood, every thought, every movement, action and 
function of the body depends on this life force. 
The heart removed from a body cannot beat; the 
blood removed soon coagulates; an amputated 
limb is as clay, but all assembled as a human body 
must have that life force to perform their individ- 
ual duties; take that life force from the assembled 
body, there is no power on earth which will cause 
any part to function; it is dead; the life is not there; 
the power which caused all parts of the body to 
carry on their share of the work during the life 



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of the body (but for various reasons, generally per- 
taining to the material body when the full allotted 
span of life has not been attained), this life force 
has been withdrawn, has now left and the body, 
now as clay, returns to its elemental forms : "From 
dust thou art to dust thou shalt return. " The tuber- 
cular will recognize the fact that no part of the 
body can function or make any movement or 
thought unless life force, vitality, is present. The 
vigoronsness of the function, movement or thought 
depends on the amount of this power the body is 
endowed with; a greater supply creating a more 
vigorous action mentally or physically than a les- 
ser supply. As the capacity for work or recovery 
from sickness is greater in some persons than others, 
w r e say they have more life, more vitality. If the 
tubercular can acquire a large supply of vitality 
his chances of recovery are increased. Some know- 
ledge of how this life force is acquired and how 
the body uses it to function gives the tubercular a 
better chance to conserve, use and distribute this 
most valuable necessity. 

Every organ of the body requires energy to 
function ; this energy or vitality is necessary for the 
heart to beat, for the stomach, kidneys, liver, lungs, 
to perform their duties. As it is necessary for all 
parts of the body to be in good working order, this 
vitality is distributed to all organs in accordance 
with their different needs; if the supply should be 
low, the amount distributed will be low, impairing 
the efficiency of the organ and its function ; for in- 
stance, with a lowered vitality the heart fails to 



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pump as it should, thereby failing to send nourish- 
ing blood to all parts (in the quantity it should), 
and as all tissues depend on nutriment in the blood, 
their part in the scheme of life must be impaired; 
if the blood should be loaded with toxic and waste 
matter requiring extra pressure of the heart to 
force this sluggish blood through the blood vessels 
and capillaries, this extra pressure requires extra 
energy, probably using energy required by other or- 
gans which also require extra power because of this 
condition of the blood, causing all organs to use 
extra force, gradually overstraining until a break- 
down occurs. 

We have seen that food and exercise do not 
necessarily furnish this vital power, for when we 
eat food it requires energy to chew, to digest, to 
assimilate, to build and rebuild the body; the body 
of itself cannot generate power as we have seen by 
the paralized arm as part of the body, which was 
helpless ; this arm had to have life force in it before 
any movement could be made; and as many cases 
of paralysis of the arm or any other part of the 
body have been relieved and become normal by al- 
lowing the nerve communication between the parts 
affected and the spinal cord and brain, the storage 
of life force. The same holds good with any other 
part of the body, it must be supplied with life force 
before it can function, the heart or stomach or 
kidneys or liver or lungs cannot generate their own 
power but depend on the vital or life force as passed 
to them through their respective nerves. Food re- 
builds the tissues of all parts of the body but can- 



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not deliver life to any part cut off from the main 
supply of life power; vital energy; vitality. 

We see where the muscles cannot generate mus- 
cular movements by themselves, but depend on this 
life power for contraction and relaxation of the 
muscle fibre to accomplish any movement, and that 
by the increased flow of blood to these muscles, 
they acquire size and strength by repeated applica- 
tion of life energy. As our energy and capacity for 
work is greatest in the morning and gradually 
wanes as the day grows older and continuous work 
has been performed, it proves that while asleep we 
developed or acquired a supply of energy; no mat- 
ter how tired or weary we may have been the night 
before, we awake refreshened and ready for the 
day's work or should be if the conditions for sleep- 
ing were right. We acquire over night {during 
sleep) a supply of life force which must be eco- 
nomically directed to maintain life and any con- 
tinued expenditure over that needed, is a waste of 
energy which should be conserved and used for 
constructive purposes. The process of destruction 
is less during sleep, allowing this power or force 
to accumulate, which it seems unable to accomplish 
during waking and working hours, being used faster 
than it is acquired or developed or however it is 
gained. 

Many have experienced the result when the 
sleep has been insufficient; we then know that we 
have failed to gain that something zvhich we need 
to carry on our duties with the snap and vim which 
obtains after a sound sleep. We notice that all the 



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functions of the body are not in that condition to 
work; we feel sluggish and drowsy, our motive 
power seems all run down and many have noticed 
that these effects last two or three days; right liv- 
ing and conservation of vitality must be adhered to 
if the physical and mental health of the body is of 
value. 

The old adage "an hour's sleep before midnight 
is worth two after, ,, seems to hold good in the ac- 
quiring of this power, for a person who has been 
in the habit of retiring early can feel the difference 
in the supply gained, any time he has failed to get 
his normal supply of sleep by retiring a few hours 
later than usual, even though he sleeps those few 
hours overtime in the morning, it does not compen- 
sate for the loss of the early nights sleep, evidently 
the vital life force is accumulated in a greater or 
more intensive form during the earlier hours before 
midnight, than after. 

Mind is master; muscle is servant. Unless the 
muscle is directed by a positive effort of the mind 
it is unable to make a movement ; we may will to do 
a thing but positive effort must accompany the 
thought. We first desire to make the movement, 
then by the effort of the will, send power, or ener- 
gy or life force to the muscle, the action desired is 
accomplished, within the limits of the strength of 
the muscle and the amount of force exerted. We 
may will to move an arm, but we must put effort 
or power with the desire before the arm can move. 
The muscle of the arm cannot move by itself as 
evidenced by an arm that is paralized; the muscle 



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is there but the power that moves the muscle is 
lacking; when the muscles of that arm are again 
connected with the storage supply of life power by 
the nerve that establishes the connection and dis- 
tributes to the arm its share of life's power, then 
the muscle will be able to resume its work. The 
pozuer which controls life's functions, mill also cause 
the 1 functions of the muscles to continue, the mus- 
cles will then move in accordance with the desire of 
the mind. If the desires should be that the arm is 
to contract, the mind will cause the muscles of 
contraction to affect the arm as desired by sending 
the power to* perform this action through the motor 
nerves. The motor nerves are the connection be- 
tween a muscle and the storage supply of pow r er or 
energy or life force or vitality which creates mo- 
tion. If a good supply of power is acquired, and 
the nerve supplying this power to the muscle is 
firm and steady, then the muscle must be firm, 
steady and strong, for the nerve controls the muscle; 
the nerve conducts the vital life energy. 

As in the case of the paralized limb, the muscle 
could not move because of the power of motion, for 
some reason, had been cut or stopped between the 
source of the power and the muscle now paralized. 
In many cases of this affliction when the line of 
communication had been re-established, that is, 
when the nerve impulses could pass along the motor 
nerve, motion of the muscle obtained ; we recognize 
that a muscle cannot create muscular power, but 
must obtain it from the main source or storage, the 
brain and spinal cord (as is believed to be.) Ex- 



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periments to determine one of the effects which 
thought would have on the circulation of the blood 
have been tried in this way. A person laying out 
on an evenly balanced table, mind and muscle pas- 
sive, so that the slightest weight would cause the 
balance to tip one way or the other, was given a 
problem to accomplish ; this caused the extra blood 
to the brain to tip the balance in favor of that end 
of the table. He was then requested to think of 
dancing, to concentrate his mind in his feet, and to 
mentally go through the motions of dancing. As 
shown in the first experiment that the concentration 
of thought caused considerable blood to flow where 
the attention had been concentrated, the brain, we 
also find that when the mind is concentrated on the 
feet that a considerable flow follows the attention 
to that part, to tip the balance in favor of that end 
of the table; one proof among many that could be 
cited, that the circulation follows the attention of 
the mind increasing the blood supply to the parts 
on which the attention is centered. // the blood 
supply can be driven to any part of the body, as is 
explained here } and the quality of the blood is such 
as will produce 1 good tissue, then if we follow exer- 
cise which is directed by a positive mind, we should 
be able to develop any and all parts by a positive 
effort of the mind controlling those muscles and 
parts, in connection with the muscular movements, 
by directing more vital life energy. 



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SLEEP AND RELAXATION. 

How is it possible for anyone to have sound 
sleep if the nerves of his stomach and intestines are 
inflamed and irritated by the action of the gases 
generated in the digestive tract from fermenting 
food? 

As explained in the chapter, "Vitality/ ' the 
wonderful importance which sleep bears in the 
gaining of health, a tubercular must take advantage 
of everything pertaining to his securing this force, 
restored during sleep, by allowing no conditions to 
be present which will interfere or disturb sleep. 
The voluntary functions are stopped and the in- 
voluntary one (the beating of the heart, breathing, 
and circulation of blood), are slowed down. Be- 
cause of this slowing down of the bodily move- 
ments, the use of life's force is at a minimum; the 
life force or vitality acquired in a normal body is 
evidently in excess of the amount needed to carry 
on the vital functions during sleep, accumulating 
to be called on and distributed to the more active 
functioning required during the busy waking hours, 
as evidenced by the refreshed feeling in the morn- 
ing. Any condition which will interfere with 
sleep, interferes with the accumulation of life's en- 
ergy as many have experienced after a night of in- 
terfered or disturbed sleep, evidenced by the dis- 
tressed physical and mental feeling the next day. 



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A continued repetition of the loss of sleep, results 
finally in a physical condition ready for any attack 
of sickness which may happen. During sleep all 
muscles and nerves should be relaxed; many hold 
their bodies in a tense condition ; instead of allowing 
the whole body to rest on the mattress they seem 
to be ready to spring, their nerves and muscles are 
ready for action. This tensed position interferes 
with the restfulness of sleep. Sleep in a room 
where the sun has shone in through the day. Too 
much sleep stupifies and deadens the whole sys- 
tem when it leads to laziness. Too little is injur- 
ious. The brain worker requires more sleep than 
the manual worker. To cure insomnia or sleepless- 
ness, walk, work, exercise, use the muscles; when 
the muscular system is tired and weary, but not to 
the point of exhaustion, then no opiates are need- 
ed; as the tubercular can perform any of these to 
a limited amount, let him use that limit ; as strength 
is gained, the limit can be extended until that feel- 
ing of muscular fatigue induces sleep, that condition 
when all living things seem to acquire a store of 
vitality and life. Let the tubercular note any af- 
fect his day naps may have upon his night sleep; 
if, while taking these naps during the day, his night 
sleep is not so sound, let him note if it is because 
of the naps, he cannot enjoy a full nights sleep, as 
many find to be the case. The muscles are relieved 
of their strain during the day nap; if the muscular 
fatigue had been allowed to accumulate, there might 
have been enough muscular weariness to have caused 
sleep to last all night, a condition every tubercular 



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appreciates. Let the last meal be timed so that there 
will be no sensation of emptyness at the stomach, 
that sleep may be indulged in without resorting- to 
a lunch, giving the stomach and intestines a chance 
to rest, while the voluntary muscles are resting, 
thereby saving the energy for constructive purposes 
which would have been wasted in unnecessary work 
digesting an unneeded lunch. Sleep in the position 
most comfortable, but many will find the right side 
preferable. As the heart lies between the two lungs, 
there would be less weight pressure by the left 
side being uppermost than the right. Sleeplessness 
is caused by worry; the mind being too active after 
retiring, debating with one's self questions of the 
day. Excessive eating just before retiring. Sleep- 
ing out of doors is beneficial during the warm seas- 
ons, but to continue it through the winter, as many 
do, cannot be so beneficial in all cases, The tuber- 
cular has not any too much vitality to waste, try- 
ing to keep warm during cold winter nights ; his 
circulation is not the best, the heating qualities of 
his blood is not sufficient to keep him warm, neces- 
sitating a waste of energy. The use of extra bed 
clothing, causes a heavy uncomfortable pressure; 
any benefits gained may not be in proportion to 
the sacrifice made. A bed room with one or two 
windows and doors or transoms open, will furnish 
all the fresh air any person needs without undue 
exposure. Sleep restores strength, food restores 
body waste. During sleep all processes of life are 
renewed and replenished; the waste and poison de- 
veloped during the waking hours are eliminated to 



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their respective depurating organs; hence the re- 
freshed feeling on awakening providing sleeping 
conditions over night have been right. 

Gas and oil lamps and heaters should never be 
allowed to burn in the sleeping room; the oxygen 
necessary to maintain the flame may be using the 
oxygen needed by the body, especially if in an in- 
closed room. 

Relaxation is necessary to sleep. The nerves 
and muscles must be relaxed, become limp and 
peaceful; notice an animal as it sleeps; just lets go 
all tension, stays that way, and sleeps. To relax 
means, to let go; to allow all nerves and muscles to 
fall where they will, to keep no muscular control 
whatsoever over any part of the body; to sink into 
the mattress or chair; to make no effort to think; 
to allow the mind and body to become a blank. Let 
the tubercular learn to relax. Lie on the bed or 
couch, or sit in a comfortable arm chair and relax; 
drop all control of every part of the body; the 
mind controls the body ; let the mind control relax- 
ation. As you sit or lie, as the case may be, close 
the eyes, slowly raise an arm, five or six inches, 
suddenly take all muscular resistance out of it and 
let it fall; repeat with the other arm; next do the 
same with the feet and legs, one at a time; raise 
them slowly and let go; allow no> muscular tension 
to remain; to relax means to let go; slowly raise 
head and neck; let go. Think of nothing; let the 
mind become a blank; relaxation may be practiced 
during the day ; a few minutes rest through the day 
will keep from wearing out 



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REST. 

Rest is advised by some authorities, evidently 
in the hope of less tissues breaking down and that 
the nutriment in the blood may deposit more fat, 
the theory that increased fat and tissues will in- 
crease the resistance to further inroads of the dis- 
ease. Some cases improve by the treatment ; others 
do not ; the individual must assert his own initiative 
if a method of treatment fails to show improve- 
ment. If the improvement gained by the rest treat- 
ment is positive, that is the treatment to adhere to 
until vital life asserts itself demanding motion, but 
as many cases show very slow improvement, then 
the cause of why the rest treatment is failing must 
be found. If gain in flesh and fatty tissues is ob- 
tained and the vital strength still fails to overcome 
the symptoms, can this extra flesh gained be con- 
sidered of vital value? We can rest and eat and 
gain weight and flesh but why is the so-called fat 
tubercular so easily susceptible to a hemorrhage? 
Evidently the quality of flesh and tissues gained do 
not contain vital strength; the gain he is making is 
not a substantial one; it fails to stand the test of 
one of the first laws of nature, motion. Let the tu- 
bercular in such a condition, look to the elements 
needed by the tissues, as pertaining to his condition 
of rest. The extra fatty tissue he is gaining should 
be oxidized and burned by oxygen gained by in- 



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creased circulation, caused by motion; by resting 
this cannot be done, therefore tlie tubercular must 
look to his food to hold the fat forming elements 
in check, until such a time as he is ready to use his 
muscles to create energy by burning or oxidizing 
the resulting carbon from heat producing foods. 
While resting, the voluntary muscles are idle, re- 
quiring very little energy; his vital powers are still 
maintaining their duties. Are the duties of the vital 
organs performing more than they should, requisite 
with the amount of work necessary to maintain the 
functions in a diseased body at rest? That is, are 
we stuffing the stomach with food to be digested 
in the hopes that this extra food will furnish more 
vitality and resistance? 

Does food furnish vitality, energy and resis- 
tance? If it did many tuberculars woidd not be in 
that condition, judging from the amount of food 
eaten. Many have experienced after eating a hearty 
meal that it was practically impossible to do any 
brain work which requires vital power; so also, 
does the digestion of food ; after the meal, the blood 
w r as required at the digestive organs to carry on the 
process of digestion. As thinking and digestion 
are results of vital power, we observe that for the 
time being, while digestion is on, that digestion 
predominates in the use of vital power over other 
functions, which proves that instead of the digest- 
ing food giving off vitality, it is using vital power. 
Let the tubercular zvho thinks that by keeping his 
digesting organs loaded with food that thereby he 
is creating energy, instead, he is using from his 



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store of vitality. It requires that life power, life 
force, vitality, to determine the quality of the work 
of the digestive apparatus; a good supply means 
good digestion ; a poor supply, poor digestion. Has 
the tubercular, resting, a sufficient supply of vital- 
ity to zvaste on digesting an excess of food for the 
present needs of his body? The different organs 
engaged in the creation of the body from food, de- 
pend on that same life force, vitality, to carry on 
their share of the work ; not one can, by itself, per- 
form its function ; each process drawing on the stor- 
age of vital power; if any organ is compelled to 
overwork above the actual needs of the body, that 
much extra vital power must be drawn on. Let the 
tubercular taking the rest cure, also allow his vital 
organs have a rest, by abstaining from the large 
quantities of food generally supposed to be neces- 
sary. 



PART THREE 



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NERVES. 

The efficiency of the nerve system is increased 
by exercising and controlling our power over these 
nerves as far as possible. To a large extent we 
can control them by learning the conditions which 
affect them good or bad and acting accordingly. 
Any stimulant other than a natural stimulus by 
natural methods — which excites the nerves to in- 
creased action and the depressing reaction which 
always follows, must eventually lead on to a train 
of nervous disorders, as noticed by the use of such 
stimulants as alcoholic drinks, tea, coffee and 
drugs; where the first direct action of the stimu- 
lant was to excite the nerves, the reaction after the 
effects had worn off was a depressed, stupified, 
partially paralized condition; recourse to the stim- 
ulant again and again to keep up the stimulating ef- 
fect, always followed by the reaction. This con- 
tinued excitement does not tend to increase the ef- 
ficiency of the nerves of any person and the tuber- 
cular in particular. Control of the nerves is an im- 
portant factor in the treatment of tuberculosis. 
Every action and movement of the body is directed 
by the mind, either consciously or unconsciously 
and the more positive the action, the more positive 
will be the control of the nerve controlling the ac- 
tion. To gain control of the hand, life force must 
be directed to the muscle of the hand through the 



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motor nerve; the more life force or vitality or nerve 
force which can be directed to the hand, the more 
muscular power imparted. It requires more of this 
power to lift ioo lbs. than 25 lbs. so> we direct 
more force to lift the heavier weight; note the mind 
concentrated on the hand about to make a heavy 
exertion, trying to force all the power possible in- 
to that hand to accomplish the feat. Continued 
practice increases the amount of force we can di- 
rect to the hand which handles the heavier weight 
with ease. The blood in the meantime has been 
furnishing nourishment to the muscle increasing its 
size, but the nerve directs the muscle, sever the 
nerve and the big muscle is useless. 

This positive action of the nerves, gives more 
control over the muscle; it is gained by direct con- 
centration of the mind, which controls the flow of 
life force to the muscle, through the nerve connect- 
ing. This is the way heavy weight lifters gain such 
control over their favorite lifting hand, while with 
the other hand which did not get the concentrated 
action of the mind, will lift only half as much. A 
baseball pitcher puts all his force into his pitching 
arm; he gains control of the muscles by the nerve 
power he concentrates his mind to. These are ex- 
amples of excessive one sided development, but it 
shows to what extent the nerve power can be con- 
trolled by persistant practice. Every voluntary 
muscle of the body cam be controlled by the same 
method; concentrating the mind to the muscle, di- 
recting an extra supply of nerve force to that 
muscle, the circulation of the blood follows the di- 



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rection of the mind, nourishing the muscle. Every 
tubercular should practice this method to gain con- 
trol of his muscles, especially of all muscles which 
control the chest, that he may increase in chest ex- 
pansion. The muscles attached to the bones of the 
chest are controlled by the nerves, the more con- 
trol, the more nerve power we must exert. The 
mind sends life force to the muscles as directed by 
the willpower; the muscles lift the chest bones; the 
lungs within expand with the chest; a vacuum is 
formed within; nature will not tolerate a vacuum 
and air rushes in to equalize the pressure; we have 
inhaled; we have breathed in to fill the vacuum; 
the muscles relax, the diaphragm raises, the chest 
compresses the lungs, compressing the air, nature 
equalizes the pressure of the air by forcing out the 
compressed air in the lungs; we have exhaled, re- 
moving with the exhalation poisonous gases gener- 
ated in the body. Let the tubercular gain control of 
this function, breathing, by using his will power to 
control the nerves, and by muscular movements con- 
tract and relax these muscles increasing the blood 
circulation to furnish nutriment and remove waste. 
The nerves are shattered by dissipation and 
all methods which act as an unnatural stimulant, the 
action and reaction exciting the nerves to such an 
extent that we lose control of them, the fibre of 
the nerve is ruined and unable to direct the nerve 
force with efficiency; any condition detrimental to 
mind or body helps to ruin the nerves; every part 
must have life if it is to function properly; sever 
any part of the body from the rest, that is, an arm, 



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a leg, or an organ and that part immediately ceases 
to have life. Sever a nerve connecting any part or 
organ with the main supply (the brain and spinal 
cord), and it becomes lifeless. Note the paralized 
limb ; the muscles are there ; it has a circulation, but 
the mind has no control over it; the nerve which 
controlled it and furnished the life force has failed; 
for some reason it does not convey the life force 
needed by the muscles of the limb which have be- 
come useless. Among the different reasons for this 
occurance is one which may be relieved. If the 
nerve controlling the limb should be pinched by 
the bones as it passes from the spine — to such an 
extent that all nerve impulses are stopped from 
passing from the brain — by relieving this pressure, 
the nerve force may continue on to the part affected. 
A slight pressure on the nerve at this point where 
it passes from the spine may only slightly shut 
off life force or nerve power; relief may be had by 
relieving all pressure, by holding the vertebra in 
place. Pressure must be relieved by having the 
bones reset and developing the spinal muscles to 
hold the vertebra in their proper place. 

The tubercular will realize how important it 
is not to have the nerve force to any part of his 
body interfered with. As the nerves pass between 
the vertebra it is important that these are kept in 
place, and the best way is to develop the muscles 
holding them in place by appropriate exercises found 
elsewhere in this book. 

When a serious impingment of the nerves is 



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present, relief should be sought from a physician 
capable of resetting the vertebra, then with proper 
massage and exercise develop the spinal muscles. 



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BLOOD. 

The blood is formed from the food, drink and 
air; all the tissues look to the blood for replenish- 
ment. The blood carries away all waste cells used 
in the functions of life; the red corpuscles of the 
blood conveys the oxygen to all tissues. The blood 
is conveying nutriment to the cells, and carrying 
waste to the eliminating organs at the same time; 
1/ the blood predominates in waste, causing it to be 
thick, sluggish and viscid, then the cells must starve 
for want of p-roper aliment; also being a poor med- 
ium for oxygen absorption. A viscid blood of this 
character causes the heart more work to be propelled 
through the blood vessels; at times the fine capil- 
laries become clogged; the kidneys, liver and lungs 
straining to clear any excess waste. This extra 
work on these organs must cause their breakdown 
if continued too long; nature allowing for oc- 
casioned emergecies, but wall eventually fail. Each 
different cell drazis from the blood its particular 
element of nutrition; if this particular element is 
not in the blood, the cell is unable to rebuild prop- 
erly, gradually becoming zueakened, if the missing 
elements fail to be supplied the cells become dis- 
eased; the blood derives all its nourishment from the 
food, drink and air; these must contain all elements 
if the blood is to furnish them- to the cells. When 
the blood stream is full of waste from used cells, 



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and excess food material which the body cannot 
use, the eliminating organs do not excrete, dyspep- 
sia and constipation present, the poisonous gases 
(alcoholic, ammonia, carbonic acid), being absorbed 
into the blood, the cells trying td get nutriment from 
such a morbid stream, absorb their own wastes; 
is it any wonder so many persons complain of hav- 
ing no appetite; hunger is nature's call for replen- 
ishment of cell material, but when the tissues are 
partially paralized and poisoned by such a quality 
of blood, the cells are unable to call for help. The 
tubercular, will realize that his whole body depends 
on the condition of his blood, formed from food, 
drink and air. Is there any reason why a sore on 
the lungs or bones should not heal, just as well as 
any sore on any external part of the body, The 
same blood acts on the internal as the external. 
Of course, the lungs are in action all the time which 
may hinder the healing process slightly, but dis- 
eased lungs have been cured many times and the 
blood zvas the only agent to do it; supply the blood 
with the elements needed by the lung tissues and 
the lungs will heal. Exercise helps to circulate the 
blood, to distribute oxygen, to remove waste, to 
furnish nutriment to all the tissues, and to repair 
any diseased tissue. A thought of the mind will 
help the circulation; note the flow of blood to the 
cheek — the blush — at some thought ; note the pallor 
of the cheeks at a fear thought; the mind can con- 
trol the circulation of blood to any part of the body. 
Gain control of all parts of the body and the cir- 
culation can be increased by the power of the will ; 



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an increased circulation improves all tissues by fur- 
nishing more nutriment. Work, motion, exercise, 
increases the circulation. If the blood fails to make 
good lung and bone tissue, it also fails to make good 
digestive juices, hence the poor digestion of a tu- 
bercular. If the blood was in fair condition, the 
lung tissues would not be diseased ; if it fails here it 
also fails to supply digestive juices capable of di- 
gesting such quantities of foods as many tubercu- 
loids eat; the average tubercular is constipated, re- 
quiring harsh remedies to cause evacuation of the 
colon; proper food in proper quantities prevent this. 
When we exercise to increase the circulation, the in- 
tention is, to furnish more nutriment to the tissues 
and remove the waste; the blood must contain the 
necessary elements. A great blunder made by many, 
in disease, is not to get at the cause; tuberculosis is 
likely to effect any part of the body, more general- 
ly, the lungs and bones; the same blood which is 
supposed to repair disease tissue, also furnishes 
nutriment to the brain, the lungs, the bones, the big 
toe; the same blood goes to all parts of the body; 
the blood may be considered a constitutional ele- 
ment; the whole constitution may become tubercu- 
lar; instead of treating tuberculosis at any local 
point it may make its appearance, we should treat it 
as a constitutional disease; any method to treat tu- 
berculosis must consider the whole body and not 
part of it. As a constitutional disease it cannot be 
patched up by a pill here or a plaster there or a 
serum shot in somewhere else; if the germ causes 
the disease in one spot the blood can pass it along 



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to another; there is nothing to stop it; tuberculosis 
must be treated by all methods, which will increase 
strength and energy by cleansing, purifying and 
building up the health of the body. No one organ 
exists by itself alone; each one depends on the 
other, but all are served by the blood; any defect 
in any organ must be remedied by the blood. To 
treat tuberculosis look to the blood first and the air 
second. Meat, milk and eggs are the most easily di- 
gested of foods and absorbed into the blood and 
lymph most readily, but, if the body will not or can- 
not use the absorbed nutritive elements, as evidenced 
by many tuberculars, why should we continue its 
use? What becomes of the food elements in the 
blood? All the depurating organs of a tubercular are 
in a weakened condition; this excess nourishment 
is in the blood. The individual must learn if that 
excess is the cause of his excess sputum and pus 
from the bones. The process of metabolism is re- 
tarded when gases (carbon dioxide, ammonia and 
alcoholic) permeate the system ; prevent gases from 
forming and entering the blood stream by prevent- 
ing gas forming' conditions. 

"This germ finds it most favorable when the 
blood is so saturated with filth that the tissues are 
unable to unload their waste and are rather forced 
to absorb filth from the blood. Now what causes 
the blood to become so saturated with filth? The 
causes are unnatural foods, unhygienic clothing, un- 
ventilated bedrooms and dwelling rooms, want of 
sunshine and drug poisoning. Flesh food is by 
nature saturated with uneliminated tissues; waste 



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and the digestive decomposition of its nitrogenous 
elements adds acid poisons to the waste. The arti- 
ficial flavor of cooked food stimulates overingestion 
and this adds the consequences of stomach fermen- 
tation and intestinal gases. As long as the blood 
circulates unobstructed by filth the germs cannot 
take lodgment. Even the medical profession ad- 
mits that there is no medicine that can cure con- 
sumption except fresh air and plenty of it." — "Un- 
fired Food and Tropho-Therapy," Dr. George J. 
Drews. 



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STOMACH. 

The digestive apparatus of a tubercular is in- 
variably in a weakened condition; as all food enters 
the stomach, great care should be taken that nothing 
injures its function. The false idea, that an increase 
in food will increase the resistance to disease has 
caused much misery. The amount and variety of 
food eaten by the average tubercular is often in ex- 
cess of that eaten by a well person doing hard labor ; 
because of a careless mixture of foods, the stomach 
is often affected by the fermentation of these foods. 
The bakers yeast is an example of fermentation ; he 
adds sugar to hasten fermentation, or he adds salt 
to retard it; let the tubercular be careful and not 
make an yeast pot of hisi stomach. See Salt and 
Sugar. 

Soda will neutralize fermentation, but when 
the action of the soda is worked out, fermentation 
continues; the same with digestion tablets, often 
advertised that anything can be eaten, and the tablet 
will digest it. Why get in a condition which will 
cause this? A dyspeptic tubercular is a most mis- 
erable person; his condition is the result of eating 
foods which disagree after entering the stomach; 
one food retarding digestion of another, causing 
fermentation, the resulting acids and gases irritat- 
ing and inflaming the nerves and lining of the stom- 
ach and intestines causing dyspepsia, indigestion-, 



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constipation and all the attending miseries which 
only a dyspeptic knows. The eating of very hot and 
very cold food causes a fluctuation in the tempera- 
ture of the stomach, which is not beneficial; diges- 
tion cannot go on until it again becomes normal. 
The stomach of a tubercular cannot withstand these 
sudden variations of temperature without harm, as 
it plays such an important part in life that care must 
be taken not to abuse it or its function; distention 
by overloading; irritation by fermenting food; al- 
cohol; condiments such as vinegar, spices, salt, pep- 
per, pickles, mustard, any of which will irritate the 
external skin, must be effective on the delicate lin- 
ing of the stomach and intestines. 

For the stomach and intestines to carry on di- 
gestion, it must have its necessary supply of vital 
force and blood; if, by action of the mind, because 
of brain work, some of this extra supply is drawn 
away to supply the power of the brain, then the 
stomach must suffer for this lack of nutriment, even- 
tually ruining the function of the digesting organs. 

The gastric juice of the stomach is supplied 
in greater or lesser amounts by the action of the 
mind. 

Note the effect when eating; a bad piece of 
news or any mental shock and the desire for food 
ceases immediately, the gastric juice stops flowing; 
or if the food does not satisfy the taste, the gastric 
juice to digest it will be slow in forming. Note the 
opposite effect a good piece of news has; digestion 
is improved, the digestive juices flow freely which 
also happens when the food is relished. The cause 



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of these actions must be controlled as much as pos- 
sible, that the stomach can do its duty. 

The digestion of protein foods is partly carried 
on in the stomach, by dissolving all protein matter 
and preparing it for absorption in the intestines; 
remaining in the stomach, generally, from two to 
six hours depending on the article of food, then 
passing to the intestines where digestion is finished 
and most of the absorption into the blood and lymph 
takes place. Some protein is absorbed through the 
stomach walls, as many experiments which the 
writer has carried on resulted in tubercular symp- 
toms within half hour of eating and continuing un- 
til all protein matter has been disposed of, from one- 
half hour to six hours. 

Misery, wretchedness, heaviness, weariness and 
distress are often experienced after overeating. 

The distention from overeating often ruins the 
peristalsis of the stomach, causing dilation, and the 
inability to force food into the intestines. The 
weakened walls of the stomach are easily disturbed 
by accumulating gas, allowing an increase in the 
amount of gas to be present. Overeating of food 
without thorough insalivation causes it to become 
swollen after entering the stomach, distending the 
stomach walls. Because that disagreeable and gnaw- 
ing feeling in the stomach has been relieved tempo- 
rarily by eating, many have acquired the habit of 
eating after and between meals to forestall this crav- 
ing until it has finally become chronic. This frequent 
eating did not remove the cause, but partially diluted 
the acids causing the irritation which relieved the 



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pain until the acid predominated again, irritating the 
nerves; this temporary relief being followed, until 
it no longer takes effect, then chronic stomach 
trouble ensues. 

A very serious result from overeating is when 
fermentation and gas have distended the intestines, 
and presses on the blood vessels to and from the 
heart; if this pressure is sustained for any length of 
time interfering with the circulation, irregular heart 
action is the result of trying to force the blood 
through the pressure; unbearable pain is present; a 
total stoppage results in heart failure; all persons 
afflicted zvith heart trouble must avoid food which 
ferments as it creates a serious condition. 

The stomach cannot do the work of the teeth ; 
let the teeth prepare all foods for the stomach and 
intestines, the masticating will cause the saliva to 
flow and mix, necessary for the digestion of sugar 
and starch. When a person tries to compel one or- 
gan to do the work of another, trouble starts, and 
the stomach cannot supply the saliva of the mouth, 
hence stomach trouble. 

Mixing the food with saliva in the mouth and 
trying to do it with chewing gum after it has 
reached the stomach are two different operations; 
the gum chewing comes too late for the saliva to be 
effective on the food. Foods thoroughly mixed 
with saliva, have less chance to ferment and cause 
trouble than food which is swallowed without the 
saliva, especially sweet and starch foods. 

The simple truths of life are often stranger — 
to most people — than fiction or mystery. 



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Some persons walk to lunch at the noon hour ; 
if the distance requires ten or fifteen minutes each 
way, the exertion of the muscles draws on a large 
supply of blood; when the meal is eaten, the stom- 
ach is deprived of sufficient life force and blood 
to carry on digestion normally, developing dyspep- 
sia. 

When organic disease is present, absolute care 
must be taken not to overwork any of the diseased 
organs; tuberculosis of the lungs is an organic and 
functional disease of the lungs and is being cured; 
lungs are being healed, when nature has a chance. 
Organic disease of the stomach or liver or kidneys 
or heart or any other part has the same chance of 
recovery, when not too far advanced, as the lungs 
or any other sore or cut on the body, if nature has 
a chance and is not interfered with by man; no or- 
gan of the body can gain any benefit if it is required 
to handle enough food for two or three bodies, as 
is often expected from the organs of some persons. 

Any condition which causes trouble with one 
organ, will cause trouble with all; it is a case of 
" all for one, and one for all." For instance, take 
a meal containing soup, roast beef, potatoes, a vege- 
table, apple pie, pudding and coffee; just an ordinary 
meal, yet how many suffer after it, and don't know 
why? That meal and more like it has caused tons 
of medicines and dyspepsia pills to be taken. The 
meal is eaten, not one person in ten has mixed 
enough saliva to help digest the starch in the potato, 
vegetable, pie or pudding; these remain in the stom- 
ach while the digestion of the beef is going on, 



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which may require from 3 to 6 hours, depending 
on the beef and the state of the digestion ; the acid 
and sugar of the pie and pudding can easily start 
fermentation, ask any dyspeptic how he feels an 
hour or two after this mixture has happened; the 
acid from the fermenting food is becoming active 
on the nerves and lining of his stomach and intes- 
tines; a little baking soda or a pill will neutralize 
the acid for a while, but that is a fierce mess to 
expect to derive any benefit from. The irritation 
affects the stomach, intestines and nerves ; the liver 
cannot handle all the gases arising; they permeate 
through the whole system; the kidneys are trying 
to eliminate their share of this food mass; the 
heart is trying to keep up its pumping, though the 
nerves are smothered by carbon dioxide, ammonia, 
and alcoholic gases ; the lungs are trying to let out 
these gases and trying to get enough oxygen into 
a blood saturated with the results of the fermenting 
food; headache, dizziness, palpitation of the heart, 
a smothering feeling all through the chest and abdo- 
men is present. The organs are "all for one, and 
one for all;" the place to overcome this train of dis- 
orders is on the dining table, and in the mouth; 
after it gets by the mouth the results begin. If they 
are dyspepsia results, it is soon known. 

The tubercular who wishes to give the subject 
of health more study should read books of writers 
who have given health considerable thought. I 
give a few extracts from different writers and would 
advise all persons interested in their own health to 
procure any or all of the books and magazines men- 



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tioned. Many persons do not know what reading 
matter to get or where to buy; any book or maga- 
zine publisher will send a list of health books on 
request. Books containing knowledge of how to 
gain and retain health is the cheapest commodity 
in the world, for advice which will prevent pain 
and sickness has an economic value far beyond the 
price of the book. It is because of this lack of 
knowledge that sickness and disease is so preva- 
lent. How much more practical it would be to 
teach health matters, than foreign or dead lang- 
uages or subjects w r hich may be of little practical 
value after school days are over? The contents 
of this book are offered as suggestions, as each per- 
son is a law unto- himself, and must learn that law 
as it affects him. 

Harry Ellington Brook, N. D., in the May, 
1914, issue of "Brain and Brawn," gives the fol- 
lowing answer to a correspondent asking for infor- 
mation about consumption. "Yes, indeed, consump- 
tion can be cured by the Nature Cure, even in ad- 
vanced stages, although of course the decayed lung 
cannot be replaced. The open air treatment which 
you are taking is all right, but it will do compara- 
tively little good if the diet is wrong, if you con- 
tinue to stuff. Consumption originates with the 
stomach. All consumptives have a weak digestion. 
How, then, can they expect to get well on a diet 
that would make a wood chopper bilious — milk and 
eggs half a dozen times a day? The consumptive 
should take short fasts, with a carefully restricted 
dietary, increasing the amount of food very, very 



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slowly, as he is able to digest it. Every ounce more 
than can be digested is poison. Exercise should 
also be gradually increased as strength grows. One 
of the most important things for a consumptive, is 
to see that he gets plenty of organic salts in his 
food." 

If the money used in building some of our 
large hospitals, sanitariums, libraries, jails and 
poor-houses was used in distributing books and 
magazines containing such thoughts as expressed 
here by the editor of "Brain and Brawn" many of 
these institutions would be dispensed with; the 
health of the people would be vastly improved 
through their teachings. 



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KIDNEYS. 

The kidneys excrete nitrogenous waste; they 
were originally intended to perform the work neces- 
sary to help maintain health in the body; to re- 
move waste formed normally, by a normal body; 
when enough nitrogenous food is furnished to sup- 
ply the nitrogenous expenditure of the tissues, then 
the kidneys work smoothly, but when an excess of 
nitrogenous food is eaten, making an increased 
amount for the kidneys to work on, then the kid- 
neys have to extend themselves to excrete the extra 
amount; if this condition continues, nature makes 
some allowance; but if still continued increasing 
the strain, the kidneys become! overworked and 
break down. 

The tubercular must remove any unnecessary 
strain on the kidneys by not supplying an excess 
of protein over the amount needed by the body. 
Experiments have shown that the body can per- 
form efficient mental and physical work with from 
40 to 50 grams of protein containing from 7 to 8 
grams of nitrogen. This amount is below many 
of the standard tables and much below the amount 
usually eaten by the average tubercular. 

The kidneys are affected by stimulation; the 
enervating effect following, interferes with their de- 
purating function; retained waste material being 
the result; this waste is gotten rid of, if the body 



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is to continue, through pimples, boils, abcesses, run- 
ning sores, expectoration and pus from tubercular 
bones. The function of the kidneys is to eliminate 
nitrogenous waste. Any waste of protein beyond 
the capacity of the kidneys and bowels remain in 
the blood and become poisonous waste acids, mak- 
ing the blood viscid and evidently attacks the cells 
zvhere weakest; the kidneys do their best, but their 
best is not sufficient if this waste still remains in 
the blood; if too much waste is present, then the 
cause of the waste must be removed to save the kid- 
neys, which is, in the majority of cases, food. 

Whenever anything passes from the inside of 
the body to the outside by other means than by the 
natural depurating organs which nature intended 
shall do all excreting normally, there is something 
wrong with these organs; either they are not per- 
forming their duties or the waste is greatly in ex- 
cess; such excretion as sputum from the lungs, pus 
from the bones and excessive sweat from the skin 
is an abnormal condition which the depurating or- 
gans cannot or will not handle, because of their con- 
dition or beyond their power. As the body is com- 
posed of food material, there is something wrong 
with this material, if the body formed from it, fails 
to properly function; there is something getting in, 
that should not be there, otherwise there would be 
no abnormal action of these organs. If anything 
is in excess, it is getting there by way of the natur- 
al entrances to the body, the mouth and lungs, in 
the food, drink and air; there is where we must 
look for much of the cause of excess of material in 



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the body which comes out as sputum or pus or sweat. 

The kidneys, liver, lungs, bowels and skin 
should take care of any normal waste; when any- 
thing is passing out in any other form than nature 
intended, we must find the cause of this abnormal 
condition and remove it. The depurating organs 
excrete waste material formed after the functioning 
necessary to carry on life has been performed. Nor- 
mally these organs can carry on these duties; when 
the supply of waste is in excess of their capacity, 
any remaining waste must be gotten rid of in some 
manner; any toxic substance cannot remain in the 
body; it must come out in the shape of boils, 
pimples, sputum from the lungs or pus from the 
bones; excess waste material never got into the body 
unless it was put there; we get material into th€ 
body in food, drink and air; any excess waste which 
the body cannot use for heat, energy or building 
material, which cannot be excreted by the kidneys, 
liver, bowels, lungs or skin, nature forms as pus; 
running sores acting as the outlet; the pus and 
sputum must come from the material we put into 
the body — food, drink, air. We must look to these 
to find the cause of pus and sputum and their at- 
tending evils for they are an abnormal condition 
which is not being normally handled as nature in- 
tended. Nothing can come out of the body unless 
it is the result of something going in. 

"That pain in the back;" how often is it mis- 
taken for kidney trouble? When the fermenting 
food in the stomach h-as created chronic dyspepsia, 
that is, when nearly everything eaten, causes dys- 



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pcpsia and indigestion, and the irritation of the at- 
tending nerves has extended to the solar plexus, 
then the victim often thinks it is the kidneys that 
are affected, because of the proximity of this nerve 
center. Baking soda and digestive pills and pow- 
ders which neutralize the acid of fermentation re- 
lieve "that pain in the back," until the action of 
the pill or powder has worked off and the acid 
of fermentation again predominates, calling for an- 
other pill or powder. Special attention must be 
paid to foods which create such trouble. 

"Remember that the human body is infinitely 
complex even to those who have made a life study 
of it. 

"The average man in the United States con- 
sumes daily seventeen grams of nitrogen proteids. 
Many experimenters think 12 grams sufficient. 
Professor Chittenden says his squad show him 7 
grams are enough. At this rate we consume as 
much again meat as we should and this excess is 
particularly hard on the kidneys." — "Eating to 
Live/' John J. Black, M. D. 



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CONSTIPATION. 

One of the main points in all treatments is to 
improve the elimination. Constipation must be re- 
lieved and natural movements of the colon must be 
re-established. Powerful physics and cathartics 
have failed to cure this condition, in many cases 
making a bad condition worse, as many have 
learned, requiring a larger dose each successive 
time. The action of salts, is to draw water and 
moisture from the blood and tissues (the effort of 
the body to get rid of the salts) ; while getting rid 
of the salt, the rest of the contents of the colon is 
washed out at the same time; instead of the salt 
acting on the fecal matter directly as many suppose, 
it is the body flooding out the salt, anything pres- 
ent going with it. An habitual user of salt knows 
he must increase the amount to cause action, the 
tissues failing to respond except when powerful 
measures are used. The largest part of the contents 
of the colon is the residue of food after having 
passed through the stomach and intestines and the 
nutritive parts have been absorbed into the blood 
and lymph, and should be evacuated at least once 
a day by normal and natural means without the 
use of strong laxatives. When the laxative mineral 
elements contained in food cs nature produced have 
been removed, the residue of this food clogs the 
colon (constipation) , artificial methods being used 



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to flood out the retained matter. The tubercular 
will find that if he includes with his meals, foods 
as they come from nature, in sufficient amounts, 
that a normal natural action of the bowels takes 
place at the proper time. 

The retention of this decaying and fermenting 
morbid material in the colon, forming poisonous 
gases (carbon dioxide, alcoholic and ammonia), 
which are absorbed into the system causing dizzi- 
ness, headache, palpitation of the heart, also af- 
fecting the functions of the mind. The tubercular 
must keep the colon free from such conditions and 
a judicious use of fruits and vegetables will do it; 
they contain eliminating salts, nature intended for 
this purpose. These gases irritate and partially par- 
alize the nerves of the stomach and intestines inter- 
fering with the peristalsis; constipation must na- 
turally follow such a condition. To relieve consti- 
pation these conditions must be corrected; to cor- 
rect fermentation the foods forming these gases and 
acids, must be known and this is learned by person- 
al experimentation, for conditions which will easily 
affect one person may not disturb another. Each 
person is an individual study for himself. Condi- 
tions of living differ; age, temperament, climate, 
occupation, must be taken into consideration. Foods 
which are too concentrated such as white flour pro- 
ducts and meat will cause constipation, there is 
not enough cellulose remaining and it does not con- 
tain natural laxative salts necessary to promote de- 
fecation. Note the difference between the horse 
and dog as to their bowel movement; the dog liv- 



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ing on meat is the most constipated of animals, a 
condition which does not affect a horse on natural 
grains and hay; the meat does not contain enough 
natural laxative salts, while the grains do; ani- 
mals are often referred to when comparing physi- 
cal conditions; many of us might improve with, a 
little horse-sense. 

Constipation is often the result of failing to 
answer the call of nature immediately; the muscles 
involved and the colon acceding to the desire to 
wait, gradually coming to such a condition where 
drastic purgatives are necessary; an enema of hot 
water or olive oil often being resorted to. 

The retention of urine, after the call to void it 
has not been answered, results in a weakened con- 
dition of the bladder, resulting in dribbling, an an- 
noyance experienced by many middle-aged persons. 

A doctor reports "that the majority of cases of 
epilepsy are caused by poisons absorbed by the hu- 
man system from the intestines. All previous sur- 
gical practice has been to 1 operate on the brain. ,, 
Reports that this operation has been demonstrated 
in many cases. Moral : Control the contents of the 
intestines. 



PART FOUR 



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PHYSICAL CULTURE. 

When physical culture is mentioned, the mind 
of many persons thinks powerful muscles, a human 
freight car, as the pictures of many athletes sug- 
gests; though physical culture will lead to such ex- 
tremes, it does not necessarily mean that it should 
be ignored by others. Physical Culture and exer- 
cise being so closely linked, many persons think 
that exercise is all there is to it; on giving this 
subject study, exercise will be found to be only 
a part. True physical culture includes the follow- 
ing of all the laws of nature to maintain an equil- 
ibrium in all the processes and functions of life. 
To exercise is to circulate the blood through the 
parts (which should be a system which includes 
every part of the body) exercised. The movements 
of exercise breaks down the old tissue, the increased 
circulation removes this waste and delivers nutri- 
tion for new cells; the increase of nutrition builds 
up the bulk of muscle if the expenditure of energy 
and tissue necessary to produce the movements, does 
not exceed the amount of nutritive material re- 
ceived. If it requires more energy to perform a 
movement than the parts contain, exhaustion takes 
place; cells are broken down faster than can be 
removed, retarding the delivery of new material; 
until metabolism has become equalized, fatigue 
poisons are being formed faster than are eliminated. 



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To gain the benefit from exercise it must be sys- 
tematic and regular. Fifteen minutes twice a day 
will produce better results than two or three hours 
exercise once or twice a week. Exercise, syste- 
matically and judiciously performed, will equalize 
the circulation in all parts of the body. 

Physical culture helps digestion, assimilation 
and elimination, increases vitality, strength and en- 
durance; promotes sleep; increases appetite; in- 
creases absorption of oxygen; eliminates carbon 
dioxide; helps counteract overeating; assists elimin- 
ation with fruits and vegetables; counteracts physi- 
cal defects acquired during school or work hours; 
increases breathing capacity by expanding the lungs ; 
increases resistance of lung tissue; increases the 
general health. Moderation and regularity of prop- 
er exercise should become a habit with every per- 
son interested in their own welfare. Efficiency 
counts in every walk of life; stagnation does not 
work for efficiency. Stagnation of mind and body 
leads to decay and disease; physical culture proper- 
ly practiced, helps for efficiency. 



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EXERCISE. 

We often hear of the improved physical con- 
dition of our forefathers, that sickness and disease 
was much rarer than in these modern times. Our 
forefathers did not have the living conditions to 
contend with we now have; it was then unneces- 
sary to keep up the false pretence of living as is 
often met with nowadays at the sacrifice of health 
conditions. In those days there were no electric 
or steam trains, or elevators; the walking kept up 
the standard of health ; there was no steam heat ; the 
chopping and carrying of wood kept up the stand- 
ard of health. The raising and grinding of their 
own food supply; there were no delicate tastes to 
be pampered as the modern cooking and baking 
caters to. Air tight rooms and houses were then 
unknown; the fresh air maintained the quality of 
health. The modern conditions are not compulsory 
but get to be a habit and grow by repetition until 
we forget there is such a thing as walking, fresh 
air or eating foods as they come front' nature, but 
must be changed to please a discriminating taste; 
invariably the change is for the worse as regards 
to its nutritive value. 

Work or exercise is necessary at all periods of 
life; as age gradually advances the amount needed 
is reduced; during youth, muscular strength and 
tissues were being developed ; after maturity suffici- 



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ent to accelerate the circulation, to nourish the tis- 
sues and remove waste and to maintain health ; cor- 
rective exercise should be practiced at all times to 
overcome any abnormal or detrimental condition ac- 
quired, which often happens from habits of faulty 
positions at school or work. Walking, running, 
bicycling; any and all games requiring muscular ex- 
ertion and agility which will keep a person out- 
doors are of the best; a substitute for outdoor, for 
those unable to practice them, will be found by 
using dumbells, Indian clubs, bag punching, boxing. 
The change of air, scenery and distances add var- 
iety to all outdoor exercise, an improvement over 
indoors, not so tiresome and monotonous. All ex- 
ercises which will stretch the muscles and nerves are 
excellent. Notice how the dog and cat stretches it- 
self ; to limber up nerves and muscles; try it; prac- 
tice stretching the nerves and muscles which con- 
trol the foot, calf, knee, upper leg, hip, abdomen, 
sides, chest, back, fingers, wrist, arms, shoulders 
and neck. Stretch, twist and turn, putting force in- 
to ail movements; it is the degree of conscious ef- 
fort we put into a muscular movement zvhich deter- 
mines the value of the movement. 

Nature furnishes increased development to a 
part that is not strong enough to perform its pres- 
ent duties providing the strain is not overworking 
the part. 

The failure to hold one's self erect is a sign of 
age and weakness which gradually develops into a 
stoop and roundshoulders. When the spine is held 
erect, shoulders down and back, and chest out, the 



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vital organs contained in the trunk arc lield to their 
proper position, affording a better chance for their 
functioning, which is restricted when the muscles 
holding the framework have become weakened, al- 
lowing the body to become round-shouldered, 
stooped and flat chested causing the contents to be 
compressed, interfering with their function of life's 
work. 

The athlete who develops massive muscles 
often succumbs to sickness and unable to< recuper- 
ate, with not enough vitality to regain health. All 
his efforts had been to gain this muscular develop- 
ment, every movement and action had been to gain 
muscular strength, to increase the size of all muscles. 
To build muscle requires nutriment from the blood; 
the action of these muscles had been directed by 
their respective motor nerves; all nutriment of the 
food had been directed to this main object, to build 
muscle; the vital organs had been deprived of their 
share of the nutritive supply; some of the supply 
of nutriment and vital force which these organs 
should have had, had been drazvn away and di- 
rected to the muscles, leaving these blood making or- 
gans deprived of the necessary energies to carry on 
their work, which they performed with a reduced 
supply of vital power, but continued because of na- 
ture's elastic allowance to man; when sickness ap- 
peared, because of this strained condition, these 
vital organs gave in; they could not come back; 
their vitality had • been exhausted; it had all been 
consumed to build the muscles; it required extra 
exertion of the heart to send the blood to the extra 



supply of muscle; the kidneys had extra waste to 
eliminate; the stomach had extra food to digest to 
supply nutritive material for the extra amount of 
muscle. While the athlete had kept in training all 
went well, but after the active days are over and 
training- has been dropped which is often the case, 
and especially if dissipation is indulged in, then 
the troubles begin. Inactivity is the ruin of an 
athlete after years of activity. He did not gain all 
his strength and development at one jump, but 
had to gradually build to it; let him gradually un- 
build, that all parts may become accustomed to the 
diminished nerve and muscular strain; especially of 
the food supply, which should be less. The extra 
muscle developed is naturally creating more tissue 
zvaste to be eliminated; inactivity fails to remove 
this zvaste which clogs the depurating organs; the 
zvaste accumulating faster than can be eliminated, 
naturally renders the body more susceptible to dis- 
ease; hence, many athletes when they do go doom, 
fall hard, and recover slowly. 

Developing external muscles does not necessar- 
ily develop internal strength and health, but devel- 
oping internal strength will develop external muscle 
and improve health. Let all exercise correspond 
with the strength and recuperative power of the vi- 
tal organs ; for instance, do not let the breathing or 
heart beat accommodate itself to the running; let 
the running accommodate itself to the breathing 
and heart beat; let the running muscles develop be- 
hind the heart and lungs; do not try to develop the 
running muscles and let the heart and lungs devel- 



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op if they can. This is one great mistake in athlet- 
ics; all systems of training should develop the inter- 
nal muscles ; the external voluntary muscles will not 
be far behind ; it is this overstraining of heart and 
lungs which causes trouble with many athletes. The 
heart and lungs cannot keep pace with the work 
mapped out for the legs and arms; they do their 
best and often become strained in doing it. Exer- 
cise or work carried to the point of exhaustion re- 
acts on the nerves causing a tremulous excitement, 
the nerves controlling the movements, had been 
used beyond their normal strength. 

Because of the delicate tissues of the lungs and 
because the blood vessels passing through the lungs 
having a poor quality of tissue substance because 
of the debilitated condition of the body in general, 
tuberculars are liable to rupture on any sudden mus- 
cular exertion, causing extra blood pressure; the 
diseased tissues are easily torn on being stretched, 
causing hemorrhage by forced deep breathing; 
though these conditions are present they must be 
improved by increasing the quality of the tissues 
to withstand extra exertion from increased circu- 
lation and increased lung capacity. As it is while 
passing through the lungs that the blood absorbs 
oxygen, it is obvious why the lung tissue must be 
in a condition that the most blood can pass through, 
taking up more oxygen. The more the lung is ex- 
panded the more lung space for the air to circu- 
late through, allowing a larger supply for the blood 
to take in oxygen, also being able to give off more 
carbon dioxide while exhaling. As the lungs are 



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the only way for the oxygen to be inhaled and the 
waste poison, carbon dioxide, exhaled, the tuber- 
cular must make all efforts tending to increase the 
quality of the lung tissue by proper nourishment, and 
to the chest expansion, by judicious exercises to 
develop the muscles of the chest. Be regular and 
persistant in all exercise to derive the advantage; 
it is more beneficial to exercise 10 minutes twice a 
day than for a few hours twice a week. Remember 
that disease is the result accumulated from repeated 
infractions of the laws of health and required time 
to bring on; remember that this condition cannot 
be overcome in a day but requires time to undo. 

We must be moderate in all things, use judg- 
ment as to how^ much we can stand without de- 
pleting our strength and energy by becoming too 
enthusiastic; the limit of strength and endurance 
should never be tested, but a gradual rebuilding 
should take place; it took time for tuberculosis to de- 
velop; we must gradually creep back to health and 
not try to make it in one leap; use moderation in 
all things. 

Stand erect ; expand chest ; maintain it expand- 
ed and breathe normally. A high, expanded, broad 
chest denotes vitality and strength; acquire it. To 
gain this position requires vitality and strength in 
all parts of the -body. When fermentation is occur- 
ing in the intestines it interferes with all functions, 
especially with deep breathing. A high, expanded 
broad chest requires all muscles holding the chest 
in this position, to be developed; to develop any 
muscle it must be exercised; the increased nerve 



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force and blood supply to any exercised muscle in- 
creases its capacity for work; increased nerve and 
blood supply to the chest muscles, increases their 
ability to hold a high expanded chest. A high, 
expanded chest denotes vitality and strength. The 
cavity of the chest, holding the heart and lungs, 
can be enlarged by expanding the upper trunk to 
the front, sides, back and by control of the -dia- 
phragm extending it downwards; muscular control 
can be acquired to enlarge the room for the lungs, 
increasing capacity for more air; air is life. The 
position for the following exercise will be to stand 
erect, take a long deep breath; hold two seconds; 
direct the mind to the part to be exercised and per- 
form the exercise with all muscles tensed; direct 
the breath to the muscles involved in the exercise; 
then relax every muscle while exhaling; the tensing 
during the exercise, forces blood and energy out of 
the muscles and the relaxation immediately follow- 
ing, allows the blood to circulate; the tensing is 
held during inhalation and holding of the breath; 
relaxing during the exhalation ; when possible a full 
contraction and extention of the muscles should be 
performed. Some of the exercise, as the body bend- 
ing, breathe full and steady; no holding of the 
breath. The nerve controls the action of the muscle; 
apply the nerve force, consistent with th4 general 
health and strength; nerve force can be increased 
as health and vitality is increased; while relaxing 
after tensing, withdraw all nerve force, allow all 
muscles to become limp, lifeless ; gradually increase 



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the muscular tension during each exercise and grad- 
ually allow it to diminish. 

Position in all the following will be to stand 
erect, shoulders down; chest out; head up, arms at 
sides; nerve force controls all mucular movements; 
use this nerve force to make the movement; the 
muscle itself cannot move without nerve power, so 
the more powerful we wish to make a movement 
the more nerve power we must exert. The nerve 
connects the main source of power (the brain and 
spinal cord) with the muscle performing the move- 
ment; the mind causes this power to act on the 
muscle; the more power the mind can send forth 
the more active the movement; concentration of 
mind on any muscle will increase the power trans- 
mitted to that muscle; all evidence tends to prove 
that we acquire life force during sleep; probably the 
steady deep breathing being the method, for the 
"breath is life." A full deep breath, concentra- 
tion of mind on any part; and the power of the 
mind to send life force to the part, will increase 
health, strength and vitality of that part. To gain 
control of any part of the body, control the nerve 
force to that part; by increasing the conscious 
nerve force, we acquire a surplus of power to sup- 
ply the involuntary functions, increasing their ef- 
ficiency. With systematic and regular practice of 
these vim, energy, mental and muscular exercises, 
vim, energy, vitality, strength and endurance are 
improved; these cannot be bought; they are abso- 
lutely indispensable; they require mental and phys- 
ical exertion to acquire, but they are worth it, men- 



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tal and physical exertion, judiciously performed 
leads to health; to fail in this, leads to stagnation, 
decay and disease; to overcome stagnation, decay 
and disease, life must be imparted; to impart life, 
requires mental and physical effort. Vim, energy, 
mental and muscular exercises will impart life, 
other requirements of nature being equal will main- 
tain the proper poise and carriage of the body, by 
developing steady nerves. 

Steady nerves are maintained by active use; 
every nerve from head to foot must be stretched, 
increasing nutrition to all muscles. The value of 
a limber spine is being understood by many; the 
nerves from the brain and spinal cord to all parts 
of the body pass between the vertebra; if any of 
these vertebra slip or become dislocated pinching 
a nerve, the nerve force to the part is affected; it 
is important that the vertebra should be kept in their 
proper position. If the muscles should become 
weakened, the vertebra are more likely to become 
displaced; to guard against this, these muscles 
should be evenly developed by massage and such 
exercises as bending and twisting of the body, back 
and shoulders; a weakened or relaxed muscle on 
one side could not hold the spine erect if a contract- 
ed muscle on the other was pulling in the other di- 
rection, causing a curvature. Use sufficient con- 
scious effect that the movement of the muscles will 
be direct and positive; it is by conscious effort we 
move any muscle; put sufficient effort into the 
nerve force that will gain and hold control of any 
part. Exercise is only a substitute for natural 



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methods which should be taken outdoors. When 
outdoor exercise cannot be taken, we should sub- 
stitute some method which will use all muscles, cir- 
culate the blood and cause full breathing. 

Extend the arms to the sides, take full breath ; 
clinch fists; tense all muscles and force extra pow- 
er to the fists, while holding the breath one or two 
seconds; relax all muscular tension; drop arms to 
sides; exhale fully. Extend arms down, and fol- 
low the same directions — to the front — high up — 
extend arms front and back by twisting the body. 
Bend body at the waist, extending arms straight 
to the front; as the body is in the angle position 
following the full breath, clinched fists, tense 
muscles, relaxation on return to position and full 
exhalation. Take position, clinch fists, place over 
lungs; inhale; tense arms and chest; hold breath 
one or two seconds; force the life power to the part 
of the chest or abdomen the fists touch; let the 
fists travel up and down the sides from the shoul- 
der pit to the hip bones ; fists stationary at each full 
breath ; move the width of the fist and repeat across 
the whole chest and abdomen sides and back as far 
as possible; remember the object is to stretch and 
then relax the muscles and forcing vital power, life 
force to the weak or diseased parts; with a little 
practice this can easily be accomplished and any 
number of movements can be thought out; for ex- 
ample: extend arms to the front, inhale; clinch 
fists; hold breath one second and draw in the 
clinched hand to the chest as though pulling in an 
armful of air extending the chest to meet the hands. 



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Repeat the same direction with hand extended high ; 
to the sides, from their natural hanging position, 
lift up the hands to the shoulders, still lifting a load 
of air and extending the chest to meet the hands; 
following of these directions will, in a short time, 
increase chest expansion and lung- capacity; (the 
force and power used should be consistent with the 
strength and vitality of the parts involved. Any 
of these exercises can test the strength of an in- 
valid or a strong man without overexertion or 
strain. These can be practiced lying on a bed or 
couch, in a chair, or standing. Be sure fresh air 
is always present; use the same method to all the 
muscles of the body. 



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MASSAGE. 

Massage of the spine will stimulate the action 
of the nerves and help develop the spinal muscles 
to keep the vertebra in position. Massage the 
muscles of the chest, sides and shoulders, when the 
mobility of the chest wall is deficient. Vibration 
is a powerful, natural stimulant; the inflow and out- 
flow of blood in the tissues caused by this method 
of massage increases the nutriment to these tissues. 
Massage is effectual in increasing the blood supply 
to any part of the body. The limb should be mas- 
saged in the direction of the flow of blood from 
the extremeties up, by rubbing, slapping, twisting, 
tapping and squeezing. The skin and flesh of the 
chest, which is generally tight and without elastici- 
ty, may be loosened and improved by working it 
deep with the fingers, loosening it from the ribs; 
lifting, slapping, deep circular movements increas- 
ing its nutrition by increasing the circulation. The 
tubercular should practice massage on any and all 
parts of the body, especially the chest and abdomen; 
massage of the abdomen will be effective to help 
peristalsis of the intestines; the movement of the 
contents of the colon is from the lower right, up, 
across and down the left side of the abdomen; all 
massage movements should be deep and in this di- 
rection; circular movements from right to left 
Mechanical vibrators are valuable. During mas- 
sage the hand should not slip over the skin; make 
the movement and action sufficiently deep that it 
ift effective to the bone when possible. 



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BATH. 

As it requires a person of great vital resistence 
to gain the benefit of a cold bath, the tubercular 
must be careful of the temperature of the water 
which will be cold to him; a temperature of 70 or 
75 degrees may feel cold to one, while another could 
stand many degrees colder and derive the benefits. 
As the skin is one of the depurating organs, the 
waste passing through the pores, the water evapor- 
ating leaves a sediment of solid waste; it is this 
waste which must be removed from the pores, to 
allow a steady flow to continue, as effete matter is 
being formed in the body continuously and must 
be removed continuously. The collection of this 
retained waste forms blackheads, pimples and skin 
diseases. If for any cause the skin fails to> keep 
up this depurating process the waste remains in the 
body and one or more of the other organs must help 
remove this, in connection with its own share of 
bodily activity, often overworking these other or- 
gans. If the skin of the tubercular is in the same 
faulty condition his other organs are, fails to be 
active, the waste which should be passed, is held 
and accumulates until such a time when active 
action of the pores take place forcing all waste out 
at once, generally the night sweat. The tubercular 
must keep his skin in active condition to prevent 
overwork of any other organ which may be in a 



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debilitated condition. Any abnormal amount of 
waste taken in or accumulating in the body means 
extra waste to be passed through the pores of the 
skin and must be removed by constant cleanliness; 
to accomplish this, a warm bath should be taken 
twice a week, but the duration of such a bath should 
be only until the object desired is accomplished and 
not prolonged, debilitating the function of the skin. 
All such baths should be followed by a cool or cold 
nib down to re-establish the blood circulation in the 
skin followed by a vigorous rub with a course tow- 
el. Every tubercular should try to inure himself to 
a cool or cold bath. 

Begin at a comfortable temperature and gradu- 
ally lower it as the body becomes accustomed to the 
shock and a good reaction takes place; if a chilli- 
ness continues and the blood fails to respond, we 
are not in a condition for the cold water bath and 
must wait until the physical condition is improved. 
When a cold water bath cannot be taken, the tuber- 
cular can improve the condition of his skin by fric- 
tion and air baths. The friction can be done by the 
hands, a rough towel or a pair of flesh brushes. 
By friction, rubbing and brushing the skin, circu- 
lation is stimulated, carrying more nutriment to 
these parts. Always rub or brush in the direction 
of the flow of blood, w r hich, in the veins, is towards 
the heart; start with head, forehead, face and neck; 
the arms and shoulders rubbing from the fingers 
up; the chest; sides and abdomen; the back; the 
legs working from the toes up. After the friction 
has been followed for some time, try the water, we 



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may now be able to stand it; clip the hands in water 
getting the benefit of the hand friction and water. 
Air, water and sunshine are the best tonics for the 
skin. The tubercular will find the sun bath bene- 
ficial but care must be used not to become sun 
burned; exercise judgment as to the length of time 
exposed to the suns rays, the skin being sensitive, 
until inured. Too much sun is weakening. Hand 
friction bath with hands dipped in cold water may 
be tried while taking the sun bath, getting the tonic 
benefit of the cold water, the friction of the hands, 
and the sun at the same time, rubbing with the 
hands until dry. A warm sitz bath at blood heat 
or a little warmer, with a cold compress on the 
chest, back and shoulders^, will often relieve conges- 
tion of the lungs and throat, by creating a more 
equal circulation of the blood and remove congested 
waste matter. 

To relieve congestion at any local part a cold 
wet compress is of the greatest value. The cold 
wet cloth applied to the surface drives the blood in- 
wards, the reaction of the blood brings it to the 
surface (if this reaction should fail to take place, 
care must to taken of the temperature of the com- 
press), the cold compress becomes warm from the 
heat given off from the body, causing a moist 
warmth between the wet cloth and the skin, relax- 
ing the pores which excrete much morbid matter 
contained, often relieving congestion of the lungs; 
by wetting one or two thicknesses of sheet, with 
cold, cool or slightly warm water the width to be 
from arm pits to lower ribs, with strips over shoul- 



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ders to cover the apex of lungs. This* wet cloth to 
be covered with blanket or flannel to retain mois- 
ture in the cloth. This compress can be applied 
morning and night to remain until uncomfortable. 
When the skin is hardened and becomes accustomed 
to changes of temperature, a most excellent advan- 
tage to a tubercular, by the air, friction and cold 
water baths, care should be taken not to lessen this 
advantage by soaking in a hot water bath. Plants 
must have the vitalizing influence of the light of the 
sun; if this solar energy is denied they wither and 
fade, just as man does. The sun bath should be 
taken when the sun's rays are the most comfortable; 
right after sun rise or before the sun gets too high 
in summer and just before sunset; in winter when 
the sun is highest; it is more beneficial to be tan- 
ned than to be faded. 



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AIR-BREATHING. 

Breath is life. Pure cold air is the best tonic 
a tubercular can get. Breathing should be full with 
complete chest expansion and with complete exhal- 
ation, thereby absorbing oxygen and getting rid of 
carbon dioxide. Poorly ventilated rooms, shops, 
stores, houses, render the occupants subject to dis- 
ease and weakness, especially lung disease by breath- 
ing and rebreathing impure and foul air. Cold air 
is the most powerful tonic in the world; note the 
effect on the circulation and general feeling of the 
body when entering the cold outdoors after con- 
finement in heated office, room, shop or store. If 
such an exhilarating feeling is the" result of the 
breathing of cold air with its precious oxygen, why 
not take advantage of this and obtain this same air, 
same oxygen, same improved condition by obtain- 
ing it at all times, especially at night while sleep- 
ing, by having all windows open? If air is of such 
value as we observe on many occasions, what can 
possibly happen to it if it is in motion? Because 
air is moving, can that movement impart any dan- 
gerous principle to the air? A draught is air in 
motion ; as many claim they catch cold in a draught, 
is the draught to blame or is the body that is 
claimed to catch the cold at fault? If such was the 
case many people would have colds continuously, 
for as soon as out of one draught they are in an- 



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other. It is practically impossible to live without 
encountering draughts; cold air and water friction 
baths will prepare the skin and body to withstand 
sudden changes of temperature, but the contents of 
the body must also be under control. Of course 
we should not expose ourselves to undue exposure, 
but at night, a current of air can be allowed into 
the sleeping room by methods which will protect 
the sleeper from the direct air current. Note the 
effect when a person is being choked or strangled; 
his blood will be found almost black; the blood has 
come to the lungs for its supply of oxygen and to 
get rid of the poison contents; because of the 
strangulation, it could do neither; being pumped by 
the heart, it keeps on collecting and carrying the 
poisonous matter which is continuously collecting, 
causing death from self poisoning. If poison is 
being formed in the body at such a rate that it will 
cause death in a few minutes if held within, it is 
very plain w T hy air is of such importance, and why 
full exhalations should be practiced. Very few 
persons would care to wash in water some one else 
has used, but we are not so particular about the 
air; some of us don't care how many people have 
used it. The only way the oxygen of the air is 
absorbed is through the lungs and w r e must have 
oxygen. The diseased parts of the lung are liable 
to rupture by any undue stretching or extreme ex- 
pansion or by the increased blood pressure which 
would occur during violent exercise, but at the same 
time, we must have air — oxygen — if we wish to 
regain health, and we must breathe to get the oxy- 



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gen; the breathing is through the lungs; we must 
gradually increase the* capacity of the lungs; let it 
be slow, but sure; if the disease has not progressed 
too far this can be accomplished zmth very little 
danger of hemorrhage. The tubercular must re- 
member that air is his salvation; he must have it; 
to get it he must strive for it; to strive for it, he 
must use his willpower; it was his lack of will pow- 
er in not knowing the laws of nature, which devel- 
oped tuber ado sis; he must now use his willpower 
to follow nature's law to overcome tuberculosis. 
Mind controls the body; let the tubercular develop 
enough willpower to compel the body to accede to 
these laws. 

At each ordinary normal breath we inhale 
about 30 cubic inches of air; with conscious deep 
breathing this is greatly increased; after a full ex- 
halation there is still air in the lungs estimated at 
about 100 cubic inches. Every person should prac- 
tice deep breathing and full exhaling to< supply suf- 
ficient oxygen and to get rid of the body waste. 
A few deep breaths is not sufficient; it must be a 
habit and constantly practiced; an average of 18 
breaths a minute is over 1,000 an hour; very little 
extra benefit is gained by a few minutes breathing 
exercise unless it helps to gain control to increase 
the regular breathing; there is plenty of pure air 
and only requires a little effort on our part to get 
it. 

Mouth breathing is injurious to* lining of 
throat and lungs, and tends to- dry and parch, and 
is a cause for sore throat. Actors and orators real- 



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ize that mouth breathing, especially in heated halls 
and theatres is detrimental to the tissues of the 
mouth and throat. 

Note the effect on the chest when the air 
breathed reaches high in the nostrils; the upper 
chest responds; also note the effect when the air 
breathed is low in the nostrils, the diaphragm and 
abdomen repond. This is the method many sing- 
ers use to sustain long, even notes; gain control of 
the chest, keep it expanded and then by breathing 
low, having control of the diaphragm, it acts as a 
plunger, evenly pressing the air from the lungs. 
This action of the diaphragm should be taken ad- 
vantage of for internal exercise; the rise and fall 
from continued deep breathing, massages the liver, 
stomach and all the contents of the abdomen, in- 
creasing the blood circulation and helping the or- 
gans to function. Fresh air survives all pills, pow- 
ders and serums. More air is needed while exer- 
cising, to burn up the extra waste being formed, 
than when at rest. Cold air has a relieving effect 
on colds and coughs, many having experienced this 
while exercising or walking out of doors; the exer- 
cise stirring up the waste and congested material, 
which is being taken up in the circulation; the oxy- 
gen of the fresh air burning it, relieving congestion, 
hence the improvement. 

Internal exercise is necessary to maintain 
health. This can be performed either while lying 
on couch, bed or floor; while standing or sitting 
and should be practiced by all tuberculars. The 
diaphragm, called the breathing or singing muscle, 



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is shaped like an inverted plate or saucer, separates 
the contents of the abdomen from the chest. A per- 
son with well developed lung capacity and breath- 
ing power y invariably has a good supply of vitality. 
The exchange of gases — oxygen; carbon dioxide — 
is normal. A difference in breathing is often noticed 
by the tubercular; at times he takes in air but it 
seems to benefit him very little, he cannot seem to 
hold it; it is there yet he feels its failure to be 
grasped by the blood; at other times and during re- 
covery he can notice a difference; he takes in air 
and it stays; it takes hold; is absorbed and the blood 
is being better aeriated; his condition is improving. 
Less zcaste is being ingested; the depurating organs 
are functioning better; dead cells are being re- 
moved; a better quality of material has a chance 
to replace them, the result of a better quality of 
blood; as oxygen must be conveyed to all parts of 
the body a clear blood is a better medium than a 
thick, viscid blood containing uneliminated waste. 
As a deep breath takes in more air containing more 
oxygen, so also will a full exhalation expel more 
carbon dioxide which is as important to get rid of 
as oxygen is necessary. The function of the nose 
is to breathe through, to warm the air and strain 
any dust as it passes to the lungs. Mouth breath- 
ing* is improper; the air chills and drys the lining 
of 'the throat, causing throat troubles. To force 
the air into the apex of the lung- take a full breath 
and blow through a small tube or pipe, or pucker 
the lips as in whistling and blow slow and steady; 
pressure of the diaphragm under the lungs will force 



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the air to all the lung- cells, especially those which 
are used the least, the apex of the lungs, where 
many cases of consumption has its beginning. 



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CLOTHING. 

If woolen underclothes causes perspiration dur- 
ing the winter, its tendency is to deplete the vital- 
ity of the skin, and should not be worn by a tuber- 
cular. Many persons know that when they change 
the light linen underclothes worn during the sum- 
mer to woolen, their troubles begin, with coughs 
and colds, often lasting through the winter. The 
wool theory is passing away as it causes too much 
perspiration. The tubercular has more or less sensi- 
tive perspiration; wool does not allow of its evap- 
oration as quickly as linen; every person wearing 
wool has experienced the frigid and chilly feel- 
ing when this unevaporated perspiration becomes 
cold by sudden lowering of temperature, as from 
going from a warm room to the outdoor air; per- 
spiration is generally always present; this sudden 
chill checks perspiration by suddenly closing the 
pores; invariably a cold follows. Linen mesh ab- 
sorbs the perspiration and allows it to evaporate 
without that cold, uncomfortable feeling. Circu- 
late the blood through the skin by exercise and linen 
mesh is the best for most persons. When the 
weather is cold, sufficient clothing- can be worn to 
be comfortable; let it be such as can be removed on 
entering a warm room. Perspiration is essential; 
it contains waste and impurities, and a sudden check- 
ing would stop this flow, causing these impurities 



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to remain in the body for the other eliminating 
organs to handle; an excess will cause congestion 
of the lungs, colds, sore throat, cold in the head. 
Dress as occasion demands, but always for com- 
fort and health. Any article of clothing which will 
interfere with the circulation in the skin should 
never be worn by the 'tubercular such as tight hats, 
collars, belts, corsets or tight bands of any kind; 
care should be taken that comfortable shoes are 
worn ; when the feet are uncomfortable, the whole 
body and mind is affected; wear such clothing as 
will allow for the exposure of the neck and chest 
to become hardened and accustomed to changes in 
temperature; never bundle up the neck. All under- 
garments worn through the day should be thorough- 
ly aired. Black clothing absorbs heat; white per- 
mits the rays of the sun to reach the body and 
the light of the sun is. essential to all life, plant or 
animal. Sleeping between wool blankets should be 
avoided when it causes the body to- sweat, as it 
does to many persons. Wool tends to relax the 
pores and keeps the skin in a delicate condition, 
which fails to resist sudden changes of temperature. 



PART FIVE 



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EXPERIMENTS OF THE WRITER. 

Why do many tuberculars seem to feel better 
some days than others? Why does he feel better 
parts of some days than the rest of that day? Let 
the tubercular find the cause of his improved feel- 
ing and continue it. What did he do that caused 
a set back. It was this condition which led the 
writer to investigate. It was the finding of the 
cause of this condition which led the writer to in- 
vestigate tuberculosis. If any condition of the body 
uses more energy than is gained, it must use en- 
ergy which another part may need; the surplus 
of energy must become depleted, if a number of 
conditions are present which uses an excess of vi- 
tality. As the symptoms of tuberculosis are nature's 
efforts to get rid of an abnormal condition, it uses 
energy of the body; the cough, expectoration, sup- 
peratioHj nightsweats, the fever deplete energy; the 
individual is gradually depleting his stock of vital- 
ity while these symptoms are present. The relief 
of these symptoms allows the vital force to accumu- 
late; the cause of the symptoms must be found and 
removed; the sputum, supperation of pus and night 
sweats are something within the body which must 
be gotten out; nothing comes out of the body which 
did not go in; food, drink and air goes in; sputum, 
pus and sweat are in excess of the natural excre- 
tions ; the intake and the outgo must be related ; 
if the unnatural outgo — szveat, pus, sputum — in- 



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creases or decreases according to the quality and 
quantity of the intake, then a study of the intake 
must be made to determine the cause of the effects. 
If the pus and sputum can be relieved, the energy 
used by nature to eliminate these mill be saved, cre- 
ating a feeling of strength and relief to the indi- 
vidual; that is one reason why a tubercular feels 
better some days than others, he did not use any ex- 
cess of vital energy; if he knows the why of this, 
he can continue his saving of vitality by diminish- 
ing the cause of his symptoms; every action of the 
body uses energy; he must stop any unnecessary 
action other than those actually necessary to- carry 
on life. Nature is using his vital force to eliminate 
these waste products — pus, sputum, szveat — and will 
continue to use it while these are present or life is 
gone, or the pus, cough, sputum and expectoration 
are gone; the individual should take warning in 
time {the time to be warned zcas zchen the disease 
could have been prevented) , by the first signs of 
the disease and finding its cause, preventing tJte 
spending of energy and vitality to get rid of such 
a condition. All food in excess of the needs of the 
body uses energy and vitality in its digestion, as- 
similation and elimination, and if in excess of the 
benefit derived, reduces the store of vital force; 
any surplus energy used for these activities draws 
on the supply for other functions, reducing their 
efficiency, affecting the whole organism. Let the 
tubercular whose symptoms vary at different times 
find its cause, it may be the spending or the saving 
or energy used in functioning. The variation of 



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the severity of the symptoms of tuberculosis of the 
lungs and bones of the writer were caused as fol- 
lows: foods were eaten which were assimilated into 
the blood stream, but which the body could not con- 
vert into tissues; the depurating organs could not 
and did not eliminate the resulting waste which 
attacked the tissues, collecting at the weak points, 
the lungs, the knee, hip and heel, increasing until a 
rupture at all points let out the accumulated waste 
and pus; the expectoration end pus continued run- 
ning from the openings at the hip, knee and heei 
while the cause of the pus was present. Anything 
which comes out of the body must have went in; 
the food, drink and air went in, sputum, pus and 
sweat came out, unnaturally ; the connection between 
the two was found, requiring many experiments to 
obtain the information outlined in this book. At 
first all experiments required slow going so as not 
to make any misstep; as experiments followed each 
other, confidence in nature grew, until the condi- 
tion for and against tuberculosis were known; it 
is such information as this which each individual 
must learn for himself in his own case; tuberculosis 
is individual and its relief is individual; with the 
help of those who have given it some thought, in- 
vestigation may be carried on along such lines as 
have proven successful. 

It requires time, money, anxiety and pain to 
travel this road of experiments alone, with some 
information from those w 7 ho< have gone through 
it, will lighten the load of anxiety. 

There are two ways to learn ; for the individual 



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to experiment for himself or by following experi- 
ments of others, he may save considerable time and 
trouble; experiments which have been tried and 
found successful by some, may be found wanting 
by others, but may lead to other experiments which 
will be more successful. As persons differ temper- 
amentally and constitutionally so will experiments 
differ in their results. All animal foods formed pus 
and pain in the case of the writer; hundreds of ex- 
periments were carried on to determine cause and 
effect. After the animal foods had been eliminated 
from the diet for five years and all symptoms had 
passed, all sores -healed and passed medical examina- 
tion for life insurance, with a family history of both 
parents dying from tuberculosis, the experiments 
which follow were carried on in many variations; 
this required a return to animal foods which 
promptly developed tubercular symptoms; evident- 
ly a system once tubercular is always susceptible 
to any condition favoring tuberculosis. All ani- 
mal foods, fat and lean beef, veal, pork, mutton, 
chicken, turkey, duck; milk, cream, butter, cheese, 
eggs and combination of foods containing these 
were the causing factors. Experiments to find the 
least amount of any of these resulting in tubercu- 
lar symptoms, found one-fourth pound of lean steak 
or beef or mutton, or veal, or pork, resulted in pain. 
No experiment was carried to the extent that it 
would effect the lungs, though an oppressive feel- 
ing was felt if the experiments were carried too 
long, necessitating the dropping of all and return- 
ing to natural foods. 



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QUESTIONS. 

Here was where I commenced to ask questions 
of those whom I thought should have known; at 
least, I had paid money to be relieved or cured, the 
money was taken, and the tuberculosis had not been 
relieved; "the germs caused the disease, the 'bugs' 
are there," was the only answer I could get. A 
few of the questions. "If germs caused the dis- 
ease and the animal foods developed the symptoms 
of tuberculosis, did these foods create the germs?" 
"If the more animal foods eaten increased the symp- 
toms proportionately, were the germs increasing 
also?" "Why did the germs develop so quickly 
after a causative meal, the symptom often being 
evident within thirty minutes?" "Why did these 
foods develop so-called pus germs?" "As the symp- 
toms commenced to disappear immediately on quit- 
ting the animal foods, why did the germs let up 
so quickly?" "When sufficient time had passed, 
depending on the length and severity of the experi- 
ment, and the symptoms had practically ceased, 
what became of the germs?" "Why did the symp- 
toms and germs cease, when other than animal 
foods were eaten?" "What effect did the natural 
foods have on the germs that would cause symp- 
toms to cease?" And all the answers were eva- 
sive, or, "I don't know." 

The pain at the hip, knee and heel was the 
signal when the wrong food had been eaten, which 



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presented itself within one-half hour after eating, 
evidently peptones absorbed through the stomach 
walls, continuing until all had been disposed of by 
the body, lasting from one-hall hour to all day de- 
pending on the experiment. One-fourth pound lean 
or fat steak, beef, veal, pork, mutton, chicken, tur- 
key, duck, ham, bacon ; one raw, fried, baked or 
poached tgg; meat gravy on vegetables or bread; 
beans when cooked with any fat meat; the cream 
or rich milk taken with a bowl of breakfast food; 
one glass of cream and skim milk, half and half; 
one glass of rich milk; two ounces butter; one 
bowl soup containing extract of meat or bones. 
Extract of beef — beef tea. Any one of these ar- 
ticles, in the amount specified, eaten once in twen- 
ty-four hours with whalt m/ay be called natural 
food (vegetables, fruits, grain, nuts), using every 
possible effort to offset any ill effects by exercis- 
ing, fresh air, cold bathing, developed pain at the 
supperative points. If one of these is eaten at 
breakfast, the pain continues until near noon, and 
if another is eaten at noon it will continue the pain 
that much longer, then if another is eaten for sup- 
per, the pain is still continuing; it can easily be un- 
derstood why, if the cause of the pain and supper- 
ation had not been known, how easy it would have 
been to develop tuberculosis as it had been before 
these causes were known; how many other tuber- 
culars are trying to cure tuberculosis and gain re- 
sistence and vitality by the very things which causes 
it? For that reason is this book in existence, to 
help others to help themselves. 



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Remember these experiments were conducted 
with all other conditions; favoring health; how 
much more effective to disease, had they been car- 
ried on when conditions were detrimental to health 
because of lack of bathing, exercise and fresh air? 
If one egg, or one glass of milk will produce a 
light symptom, hour about the two together? And 
if repeated from four to eight times a day, is it 
any wonder the supperation from the hip, knee and 
heel lasted for two years; accompanying these, were 
the other foods. When the writer found the cause, 
the other knee and hip were collecting pus, zuhich 
was absorbed by the system when the cause, animal 
foods, zvas stopped. Physicians did not give a sat- 
isfactory answer as to the why of it, as it was all 
directly opposite to medical theory. A theory is 
still a theory if it fails to work-out, and the indi- 
vidual must know facts and results; and when one 
theory fails, he must find one which will work in 
his case as he wants it to. Let every individual tu- 
bercular find the cause of his case even though 
every theory in the world is thrown over. In the 
case of the writer the medical theory, used by many 
tuberculars, caused tuberculosis. 

"That consumption is usually, if not always, 
accompanied by the presence of the Tubercle Bacil- 
lus in the Bronchial secretion is not deniable; but 
that the bacillus is the active or remote or proxi- 
mate cause of consumption is deniable; and it is 
pretty generally conceded, at present, that it is 
rather an incident than an agent in the destructive 
lung process." — "Autology," E, R. Moras, M. D. 



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CAUSE. 

Tuberculosis is the result of mental and physi- 
cal stagnation and decay. The body depends on 
the mind to select materials by which it may be 
built and repaired; the body is unable to make this 
selection; it will use to< its best advantage anything 
presented, but cannot supply any necessary material 
that may be missing. If 1 the mind, in its selection, 
fails to furnish to the body everything that the 
body needs, then the body must suffer to the extent 
of the value of the missing material. If, through 
stagnation of the mind it fails to learn through 
study, the needs of the body, the body fails to keep 
up its efficiency, it must decay. 

Investigation of conditions of working girls 
has proven that many work with the most inade- 
quate meals ; a breakfast and lunch of tea and white 
bread or coffee and doughnuts isi not a very sub- 
stantial meal to expect the body to labor on, but 
they cannot afford a more substantial one; children 
at school trying to learn on such foods must be 
retarded in mental and bodily growth. How can 
any person under such conditions have enough am- 
bition and energy left to study and improve their 
mental and physical condition? Such conditions 
must be eradicated before a fair showing is made 
against the white plague. Industrialism contributes 
its share as a cause of tuberculosis. Many tuber- 
culars will not admit they are diseased, often trying 



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to fool themselves, which is a good idea, but, too 
many let this thought stand in the* way, allowing 
valuable time to be lost, which should have been 
used in getting rid of the cause, and not wait until 
positive proof has asserted itself, for then tubercu- 
losis is a far advanced disease. Many physicians 
have abandoned the theory of inheriting tubercu- 
losis, but the conditions which cause tuberculosis 
can be inherited. 

Tuberculars should avoid congregating to- 
gether, telling each other of their "bugs;" tempera- 
ture; the severity of their symptoms. Continuously 
keeping their condition in mind; it is well known 
that this has an undermining effect; they may 
seem optimistic, but there is that underlying worry 
constantly present ; the first step should be to forget 
everything connected with sickness in any way; 
the mind should not harbor one thought other than 
health; many try to get rid of a disease yet are con- 
stantly thinking of it; such a combination inter- 
feres with nature by the negative thoughts which 
must be changed to positive, to gain health results. 
Those easily susceptible to suggestion or auto-sug- 
gestion, should especially avoid any thought or con- 
versation pertaining to disease or its symptoms. If 
the same efforts were employed to prevent disease, 
which are used trying to cure, there would be less 
tuberculosis. It is the price we are paying for er- 
rors and indiscretions, creating mal-nutrition and 
low resistence; others also pay, but it is via the can- 
cer or appendix route or any number of other ways ; 
health is the result of obeying the laws of nature. 



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The tubercular should especially remember that a 
condition which could not and did not prevent dis- 
ease, cannot cure it; he must learn the cause, that 
he may not continue it while striving for a cure. 
If he was overeating before disease set in, he can- 
not cure it by overeating; that irresistable all heal- 
ing force of nature is ready to proceed and effect 
a cure, when man does not introduce disease pro- 
ducing conditions. 

In addition to the poor quality of blood and 
flesh, is generally found poor air, in sleeping rooms, 
homes, stores, offices, mills and factories. The 
blood circulating impure air, causing poor oxigena- 
tion of the blood, a corresponding poor exhalation 
of carbon dioxide, with this condition may be poor 
environs and surroundings such as damp, moist 
and wet neighborhoods; or confined in hot, dusty, 
poorly lighted unventilated homes and work places ; 
also the worry incident to such condition may be 
present; depressing mental conditions; if dissipa- 
tion is added to any of these conditions, there surely 
can be no excuse for not having tuberculosis. The 
individual must study these conditions as they ap- 
ply to himself. Tuberculosis is the result of errors ; 
to overcome tuberculosis these errors must be cor- 
rected. Our habits and appetites are responsible 
for these errors; they are the errors; to overcome 
these errors, we must control our habits and appe- 
tites by willpow r er; habit is the result of repeating 
our thoughts and actions until they seem to be part 
of us; mind can recognize an error at the begin- 
ning, but by the repetition of that error the mind 



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overlooks that it is ail error, it then becomes a habit. 
As the mind allowed these habits to form, it can 
also reform them by repetition of reforming; any 
habit can be overcome and any habit detrimental 
to health must be overcome, before tuberculosis can 
be relieved; the advice to "eat what seems to agree 
with you" is rather empty, for there are but very 
few persons who know what agrees with them, it 
requires study and experiments to learn this, and 
the average person has not the time or inclination 
to go that far, though it is a serious mistake not 
to know what does agree with him and what does 
not, for his mind and body depend on the foods sup- 
plied. A fearless attitude of mind must be main- 
tained; self control must be gained to suppress 
wrong habits and appetites. Grit, courage, and 
perseverance are essential to overcome fear and pes- 
simism. Fear has made cowards of many; grit and 
courage have thrown down many obstacles; they 
must be acquired to overcome the cause of disease; 
the cause of disease is errors of living; we must 
learn these errors and correct them. The chief 
cause of tuberculosis is the physical and mental con- 
dition of the body; mind and body had allowed it- 
self to get into such a lowered state of vitality that 
it became diseased. The body formed itself from 
anything presented to it; if the material was poor, 
the body created from it was poor; because tuber- 
culosis did set in, the material front which the body 
was formed was poor in tissue forming elements, 
but the body accepted it and created the best body 
which the material presented would permit; the 



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body depended on the mind to look after its needs. 
The mind was not sufficiently enlightened to know 
the needs of the body so both gradually deteriorated 
until a condition w 7 as present, named tuberculosis; 
that is, the tissues underwent a change because ma- 
terial needed for their growth and proper sustenance 
hod been withheld, consequently the vitality of the 
tissues involved became lozuered, the proper nutri- 
ment had not been supplied; they were no longer 
firm, healthy tissues and germs admitted them- 
selves. (All physicians agree that germs cannot live 
in healthy firm tissue; some claim the germ causes 
tuberculosis and others claim the germ is the result 
of a diseased condition ; that the diseased tissue had 
to be there before the germ could land. What 
caused tuberculosis when almost one-third of 1,443 
cases examined failed to find the germ?) The 
quality of the tissues was poor because the blood 
which furnishes nutriment to all tissues did not 
have such material as these tissues needed to main- 
tain health. The blood did not have the proper ele- 
ments because the food from which it is formed did 
not have them. If we expect to have firm, healthy 
tissue, the kind germs cannot thrive on, then the 
food, drink and air must contain the proper nutri- 
ment, that the blood, formed from these, may de- 
liver it. All other considerations of health are sec- 
ondary to food, even fresh air, for the blood must 
contain iron from the food before oxygen can be 
absorbed and sodium from the food before the car- 
bon dioxide can be exhaled, but, as important as 
food is, it is only one cog in the wheel of life. 



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Mother and nursing child fade when the mother 
lacks proper sustaining foods; underfed mothers 
nursing* infants, must draw on the mother's tis- 
sue for lack of proper sustaining- foods. Both fad- 
ing-; result, tuberculosis. Lack of using the apex 
of the lungs or any organ or part which is not 
used as nature intended, will weaken and become 
diseased. Few persons know how to breathe and 
when a full breath is accidentally taken they feel 
dizzy, the extra oxyg~en, acting as an intoxicant by 
stimulating. Any thing which will deplete the vi- 
tality and lower the resisting power of the body will 
cause disease. Years of stimulation of the elim- 
inating organs by such stimulants as animal foods, 
tea, coffee and alcoholic drinks has caused them 
to become enervated; the function deranged, proper 
elimination has failed and the retained waste, the 
result of food elements in excess of the need of the 
body, have decayed, decomposed in the blood stream, 
forming the fertile soil for germs; nature forms an 
opening at the weakest point to force this mass out 
by expectorating and pus from tubercular bones. 
Energy is required by the body to* get rid of this 
waste matter, drawing on its fund of vitality. Sex- 
ual excesses will drain the vital forces and contrib- 
utes largely as a cause for tuberculosis. Retained 
w r aste matter often irritates the nerves; it may be 
this condition which excites sexually; the aver- 
age tubercular, for it is a known fact that they are 
so afflicted, though a detriment to their health and 
lessens the chances of recovery; to overcome this 
irritation, foods should be eaten which create the 



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least waste. The tubercular must abstain from con- 
ditions which will develop these conditions. The 
secretary of a leading" organization which sends its 
tubercular members to Colorado has stated, after 
investigation, the disease was the result of physical 
dissipation of such members. 

Tuberculosis has run through whole families, 
who live in the same home until all have succumbed ; 
the logical thing which should have been done by 
any remaining members was to leave such location, 
giving health conditions more study and practice; 
sentiment is often the obstacle for such a move, 
but it does not relieve tuberculosis. All unhealth- 
ful and unhygienic modes of living must be changed 
to increase the chances of relief. 

The individual should respect the rights of 
others by careful supervision of habits, especially 
coughing and spitting. 

Any measures advocated to stamp out tubercu- 
losis must fail until the individual is educated in 
health matters. Tuberculosis is an individual prop- 
osition; he alone knows his living conditions, 
thoughts and actions ; he must know which of these 
are in accordance with the laws of nature and which 
are not. He can be taught to change those, which 
are detrimental to health, but he cannot be com- 
pelled; that is individual to himself; if he will not 
develop sufficient will power to change his habits 
and appetites, no power on earth can relieve such 
a case. What is the individual to do, w r ho must 
work, with barely sufficient money for living ex- 
penses? Here is a condition which is met with in 



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real life; the tubercular without Friends or money; 
his schooling failed to teach him; he is unable to 
gain the knowledge necessary for his relief, having 
a few vague ideas of what constitutes hygiene, 
drifts along as best he can; some times with enough 
to eat, (such as it is) and a place to sleep. Is the 
mind of such a person in a condition for beneficial 
results? The worry of his condition, and of where 
and how to get nutritious food to sustain life is 
constant, a condition which must be relieved be- 
fore he can be relieved. The economic conditions 
are such that the working person has not the in- 
clination to study himself, from a health stand- 
point, when ambition, energy and vitality have been 
sapped by a long tiresome work day in store, of- 
fice, factory and mill; w T hat little energy is left is 
spent in such pleasures, as appeal to- a- played out 
mind and body. Oftentimes the wages are insuf- 
ficient to keep body and soul together; unable to 
buy the decent necessities of life; unable to nour- 
ish the body to perform efficient work; unwhole- 
some food; poor sleeping quarters; poorly venti- 
lated work places; lack of sunshine and exercise: 
lack of knowledge of health, sanitation and ventila- 
tion. The ever present worry of where the next 
meal is to be gotten; all conduce to the development 
of disease and this class furnishes a large per cent, 
of tuberculars. In some parts of the country, em- 
ployers help to pay expenses of employes afflicted, 
at tubercular sanitariums. How much better and 
cheaper and less painful it would have been, had 
each individual been taught hygienic measures of 



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prevention. (It is estimated that 15,000,000 child- 
ren in the United States are in some way physical- 
ly defective; one million of these have tubercular 
infection. Yet we wonder why so many children 
are infected with tuberculosis.) How is it possible 
for a woman who has worked under these condi- 
tions, (and there are many of them) able to sus- 
tain such a degree of health that she can transmit 
a fair fighting chance to any offspring she may 
bear? If the father is a victim of such circum- 
stances, then the future generation may help fill 
the ranks of the tuberculars. They were unable to 
improve their own condition ; they did not know ; 
how can they teach the child? If that child is to 
be saved, that child must be taught; the parents are 
unable; such teachings should be in the school. If 
the country should need that boy's or girl's service 
in later years, the country should see that they 
know how to care for their minds and bodies that 
they will be in good physical condition when need- 
ed. The country depends on the home; the home 
depends on the health and vitality of the fathers, 
the mothers and the children. Let the government 
of any country look to the health of the future 
father and mother. The home is an institution; 
to uphold it requires health and vitality; when the 
teachings of health cannot be had at home from the 
parents then the government must teach it. It is 
this lack of teaching, why there are today in this 
country, estimated fifteen million children, physically 
defective. The individual must be trained in health 
matters. It is an individual proposition. If neces- 



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sary the government should supply fruits and vege- 
tables, a most important item in the matter of 
health, overlooked by many, either because they do 
not know their value or because of economic condi- 
tions, many persons think they are unable to afford 
what are supposed to be luxuries instead of neces- 
sities. The supply of tubercidars comes largely 
from the non-fruit and non-vegetable eating class, 
who have not been trained in health matters. 



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MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 

Child labor and tuberculosis as an industrial 
disease is being studied. The undeveloped organ- 
ism of the child needs all the energies for growth, 
which are expended in the performance of the la- 
bor; the conditions of labor are not of the best; 
poor ventilation and light, heat and dust together 
with overstrain lays a foundation for disease. 

It is estimated that 1,900,000 children in the 
United States between 10 and 15 years of age are 
working in mill, shop, factory, store and mine. 

Some authorities claim that "practically all of 
our children in many of the crowded centers of pop- 
ulation are at 14 years of age, the seat of tubercu- 
losis infection." One authority says the war on 
phthisis is at a standstill, which seems consistent 
with the fact that hospitals and sanitariums are be- 
ing built for its treatment. As one doctor said, 
"people are dying not from tuberculosis, but from 
blunders, mistakes and ignorance, and that the med- 
ical profession is indifferent to the education which 
the public needs. Tuberculosis is a problem which 
demands education. The people must be taught 
not to be afraid to go to a doctor." 

Tuberculosis is a problem which demands edu- 
cation of the people in health and hygiene, and the 
time to start such an education is in the school. 
Education to cure tuberculosis or any other disease 



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will be unnecessary, when the education to prevent 
it has been taught. Each person is an individual 
proposition unto himself; when lie knows who and 

what lie is and his limitations, then and not till 
then, will the war on tuberculosis commence to be 
won. The people are afraid to go to a doctor; they 
are afraid of the unscruplous, incompetent mem- 
bers ; they have not made good ; they do not hold the 
place in the minds of enlightened persons they once 
held. When he does make good it will be unneces- 
sary for him to have laws passed making it compul- 
sory to engage his services. Any person should be 
allowed to call in a blacksmith if he thinks that per- 
son can aid him; the same privilege he enjoys in 
his religious beliefs. 

The minister of the Gospel educates the peo- 
ple along his line of teaching; it is compared with 
others; it is accepted or dropped just as the investi- 
gator determines which will suit him best; if he 
was compelled to accept one line of thought, then 
rebellion sets in; whether he wanted to accept the 
teachings or not he would rebel anyway. When 
laws pertaining to health become political, often en- 
forced by police powder, then the instigators of such 
law^s may wonder w T hy the people are afraid to go 
to them for advice. The people see so many cases 
of failure, the thought is, "What's the use:" Edu- 
cation of health and hygiene to the individual to 
prevent disease and increase mental and physical 
power, and there will be no arguments of a politi- 
cal nature in this line. When law^s can be passed 
w T hich will select his form of medical treatment for 



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him, why cannot laws be passed to select his re- 
ligion? When any system of healing has proven 
itself infallible, then let that system monopolize the 
healing art, but, not until then. Municipal, state, 
or national laws must not be passed which will 
give one class of healing the right to> drive out any 
other school of healing. Competition is especially 
desired in health matters; that is w r hy there are so 
many different schools of healing; the failures of 
one class lead to further investigation by others 
who form another class. 

It is this competition which keeps all concerned, 
forging ahead, finding new methods and treatments 
to prevent and cure disease; if competition was not 
so keen (remember that competition in most cases 
has the dollar sign tacked to it), and one class 
held full sway, it w 7 ould be unnecessary to study, 
think and investigate; just sit and wait; the law 
has said everything must come that way and jail 
everyone who* does different. The doctors who 
complain because people do not patronize 'them 
more, wall find the foregoing a fairly good reason. 
Is it morally right for a tubercular doctor to ac- 
cept other persons afflicted as he is, when he was 
unable to prevent or cure himself? Yet such has 
been the case; the old saying still stands, "Doctor 
cure thyself." 

Surgeons had been consulted by the writer for 
the bone affliction; one tried to blister at the back 
of the knee to* draw the pus that way, with the in- 
tention of saving the mobility of the knee, expecting 
a stiff joint if it broke through the front. Tried 



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and failed ; the pus increasing. Another tried as- 
pirating the contents; the needle inserted under the 
patella, but the contents were evidently too thick 
to be drawn. Another advised the opening of the 
joint; the bone and the diseased part cut away or 
scraped; a tuberculin to be injected into* the body; 
refused to try it. Another incased the leg in a 
plaster of paris bandage to give the leg rest and to 
save the tissues from breaking down too much ; 
crutches were used while this bandage was on — 
about 5 months — the knee still swelling. A fall, 
the result of a crutch slipping cracked the bandage, 
punctured the swollen knee, developing into' a run- 
ning sore; pain and pus increasing for two- years. 
Each treatment was directed locally, though these 
symptoms were the result of a constitutional dis- 
ease caused from wrong eating. How was it pos- 
sible for any local treatment to be effective when 
the causes of the local symptoms were being eaten 
at almost every meal? How is it possible for any 
serum or other injection to be effective', while the 
cause of the symptoms, food, digested and absorbed 
into the blood, the body unable to use it becomes 
waste matter decaying in the blood? The eliminat- 
ing organs are evidently unable to excrete this 
zvaste; it must be gotten out; nature, to save the 
zvhole body from becoming affected, caused this 
zvaste to collect at any weak points, in this case the 
bones and lungs, getting rid of it that way, any 
more such foods follozmng the same course, caus- 
ing a continuous flozw of caseous pus, but, on the 
removal of this class of foods, no waste was pro- 



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duced to cause pus; no pus to be expelled; the run- 
ning sores unnecessary; healing just as any other 
sore does when nature asserts itself. The tubercu- 
lar knee of the writer mas a local point at which a 
constitutional disease broke out; to operate at this 
point would have failed, the cause lying elsewhere; 
a local operation will never relieve a constitutional 
disease. Many of us have forgotten that nature is 
the Great Physician, the all Healer, in the effort to 
find a cure; when this is understood in each case, 
many of our troubles will fail to come. The tuber- 
cular must remember he is so constituted, that he 
is unable to store as fat any excess of nutrition as 
the obese person does; any over and above the 
amount his body needs, must be accounted for. His 
eliminating organs are evidently unable to handle 
the excess zvaste, which is forced out through pus 
channels. The tubercular who does gain in fatty 
tissues, should see that his vital strength increases, 
for fat does not always make for health or strength. 
The colon has been blamed as a breeding nest for 
germs or bacilli. A London hospital has claimed 
to cure bone tuberculosis by removing the colon. 
During many experiments, the writer has felt the 
pain at the knee within one half hour of eating a 
causative food, the result of some protein element 
being absorbed directly from the stomach and long 
before the food ever could have arrived at the colon; 
in such a case the removal of the colon would not 
have affected the cause. Of all the pills, powders, 
medicine and serums, the open air and natural treat- 
ment is the only one which has survived the test 



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of time. When We take any of these medicines we 
are trying to do what nature can do with food, drink 
and air. Vienna physicians report considerable suc- 
cess with the suns rays: for treatment of tuberculosis 
and bone diseases. 

Physicians claim medicine will not cure tuber- 
culosis, yet, because of advertising, medicine is be- 
ing sold for this purpose. There are many using 
medicine zvho are losing valuable time (while wait- 
ing for expected results), which should have been 
devoted to natural methods, hoping to find an easy 
cure by taking something. Freedom from disease 
is not an accideiit nor can it be bought; it must be 
worked for; to expect to regain health by taking 
something, often results in the disease advancing 
because of the false hopes set forth and depending 
on them. 

How is it possible for any dyspepsia tablet to 
cure stomach trouble when we continue to over- 
load the stomach with rich, sweet, sour, greasy, 
watery, starchy, acid, fruit, vegetable and meat 
combination. Mix such a combination in a cooking 
pot, set it at the moist temperature of the intestines 
and notice what a lot of sour stuff it will form, 
a duplicate of what often happens in the stomach 
and intestines; ask a dyspeptic, he knows the re- 
sults. Nearly every tubercular is a dyspeptic and 
dyspepsia is present in nearly every case as a pre- 
dominating symptom of tuberculosis. It is possible 
for dyspepsia to lead to tuberculosis, when the stom- 
ach and intestines fail to prepare food properly for 
the needs of the body, because of the functions being 



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deranged from improper food, disease and weak- 
ness is likely to incapacitate one or more organs; 
it may be the lungs or the heart or the kidneys, 
which ever shows a weak spot, is likely to fall; 
it is a vital error to try to cure dyspepsia or any 
other digestive trouble with any kind of medicine, 
simply by allaying the pain; the cause is still present 
which asserts itself when the action of the pill or 
powder has worked off. Food causes dyspepsia 
and food will cure it, providing organic disease has 
not weakened the organs themselves to such an ex- 
tent they cannot prepare food for absorption. 

"How long will it take before physicians will 
realize that consumption is a self generated disease 
caused by imperfect food? Tuberculosis of the body 
is of slow development. Stomach and intestiinal 
derangements precede and accompany every case 
of tuberculosis till death. The root of tubercuosis 
is imperfect food and disease of digestive system. 
As man eats so is he. Favorable soil for disease 
precedes ferment or germs, weakness precedes de- 
bility, tuberculosis is a condition of debility. With- 
out debility, no tuberculosis. Strength is preven- 
tive of tuberculosis. Health and strength is result 
of favorable and abundant nutrition for the body. 
Is it not plain to anyone that strength of body will 
depend on wholesome food? Is it not clear that 
proper treatment for the tuberculous is food ? Food 
was not the only cause in a case of tuberculosis. So 
food alone will not be sufficient to cure tuberculo- 
sis. 

Every element of food favorable for man will 



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be found in cereals, vegetables, fruits and nuts. An- 
imal food adds no new element, except that of smell 
and taste, and these are due to fecal and urinary 
excrement remaining behind in the flesh after the 
animal is killed. Thus there will be no scientific 
reason for the use of animal diet by man. Animal 
food has a high flavor and will appeal to the nos- 
trils and palate, but it is not more nourishing or 
strengthening by reason of its savory taste/ ' — 
"Health Culture Magazine," April, 1913, Elmer 
Lee, M. D. 

A most excellent article is contained in this 
number, on tuberculosis. 

If it were possible to follow an atom of pro- 
tein, nitrogen, carbohydrate, hydocarbon, fat, or 
salt as it journeys through the body from the time 
we chew it, until its final waste product has been 
excreted, the arguments as to which food would be 
best, would be at an end; as matters stand it is up 
to the individual to' learn from experience and ex- 
periments how any of these affect him, by noting 
the results; comparison to be made by different 
qualities and quantities at different times, noting 
cause and effect, gradually eliminating all causative 
conditions. The tubercular must analyze all condi- 
tions pertaining to his own case; the price depends 
on his own will power to change existing conditions ; 
a gain in the relief of aches and pains is worth any 
sacrifice. 



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QUESTIONS FOR ALL TUBERCULARS. 

Questions submitted to doctors and receiving 
unsatisfactory replies. Why have so many cattle tu- 
berculosis? Should man eat of diseased cattle and 
swine? Is man affected by the tubercular germs 
from eating the flesh or products of these cattle? 
What influence on a body susceptible to tuberculo- 
sis, has meat, meat juice, milk, cream, butter, eggs 
and their products? Why did these foods form a 
waste in the body, collect at the weakest points and 
form as pus, supperating from the bones and expec- 
toration? How are we to know that the animal 
foods eaten are not from tubercular cattle? Do 
the digestive organs of a diseased body fail to make 
these foods assimalable and of value to the body? 
After these foods are assimilated, why does not the 
body use them? After an appetite has been ap- 
peased by easily digested foods, how can the body 
be compelled to use the assimilated nutriment in 
the blood stream? Why do so many tuberculars 
seem to be starving, yet eating what is supposed to 
be very nourishing food ? What becomes of the en- 
ergy, strength, resistance and tissues which are sup- 
posed to be derived from these foods? Should a 
diseased body try to build up from animal protein 
which may have come from a diseased animal? If 
it does not build, as is the case with many tubercu- 
lars,what becomes of the ingested matter? Why 



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does this unused food material form pus to exude 
from bones and lungs? As there is a difference of 
opinion among- doctors as to germs, is this unused 
waste material, decaying and decomposing in the 
body, the fertile soil for the tubercular germ? As 
germs are one of the symptoms of tuberculosis does 
animal food diet encourage their growth by increas- 
ing amount of waste present, which the body is un- 
able to dispose of? 

As in the case of the writer, the more of this 
diet, the worse the symptoms. Why does this diet 
increase the symptoms? Why do the symptoms 
vanish when this diet is discontinued? Why do 
they return when an animal product diet is re- 
sumed? Why does not the oxygen burn up this 
waste and pass it off ? Why do not the depurating 
organs eliminate this pus forming material from 
the body before it becomes pus to pass out through 
unnatural channels? When these foods are discon- 
tinued and a more natural food for the body is used, 
why do these foods fail to form pus? Do they 
make a better body material to allow nature to 
build normally? As an immediate change is noticed 
on changing foods, does the blood formed from the 
more natural food lack nourishment for the germs ? 
Are these foods forming firm tissue, as germs can- 
not live on healthy firm tissue? As the formation 
of pus is due to an abnormal condition of the body, 
are the foods which cause it proper foods for that 
body, regardless of the theoretical value of those 
foods? If other foods containing the same chemi- 
cal elements in a more pure state, and pus does not 



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form, are these the proper foods for that same 
body? If other foods furnish the energy and repair 
which animal foods are supposed to do, and do not 
increase but seems to absorb the abnormal symp- 
toms, should we drop the animal foods and substi- 
tute the others? Should any treatment regardless 
of what it is, be continued if it is failing to cause 
improvement in health? Why does a tubercular 
feel better one day than another? 

The tubercular must analyze his own condi- 
tion; he must ask questions pertaining to himself 
and learn why. If one class of healers cannot 
answer, then ask another: ask until a satisfactory 
answer has been had, which will relieve any abnor- 
mal condition. Remember the answer concerns the 
individual himself or herself, and a satisfactory 
answer must be had to get results. 



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ALTITUDE AND CLIMATE. 

It too often happens that when a change of 
climate is advised, it is generally the last resort, 
everything else had been tried and failed; damage 
to the tissues had advanced so far that recovery 
was impossible; the change, with its accompanying 
worry and homesickness often making matters 
worse. 

Many authorities claim tuberculosis is curable 
or can be relieved in any climate, if the case has 
not advanced to such a stage where it is impossible 
for any treatment to have good effect. The case 
here described was developed in Boston, relieved 
and cured in Colorado at 5,000 feet and 10,000 feet 
altitude; air contains about 79 per cent, nitrogen, 
21 per cent, oxygen; at an elevation of 10,000 feet 
the volume of air is about 70 per cent, of that at 
sea level, almost one third less, consequently to get 
the same amount of oxygen at one breath at the 
high altitude as at sea level, a larger amount of air 
must be inhaled, because of the rarity of the high 
air. This lack of oxygen causes more blood to be 
pumped through the lungs causing the heart to 
work faster because of the insufficient supply of 
oxygen. It is this extra heart action which affects 
persons with heart trouble at high altitudes; any 
bodily exertion increases the need of oxygen. Scien- 
tists experimenting on Pike's Peak have found that 



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the number of blood corpuscles increased at the 
higher altitude, evidently nature's method to make 
up for the seeming inability of the oxygen and hem- 
oglobin to mix. To produce the same effect (as 
regarding the cause of the symptoms in the writer's 
case) it required a larger amount of the cause; the 
symptom also disappearing in a shorter time thai; 
at the lower altitude; the body could stand more 
abuse, probably because of the quickened circula- 
tion, the increase which must take place in the 
breathing capacity and the purer air which is found 
on such high mountains. 

The stimulating influence of a cool, dry, sun- 
ny climate is of inestimable value, where the nights 
are always cool, where no such thing as a sleepless 
night because of heat is known. When compared 
with the city conditions during a hot summer, the 
higher altitude changes misery into< ease, a power- 
ful influence in treating tuberculosis. 

Cold air contains more oxygen in a given space 
than warm air ; a full breath of cold air is more ben- 
eficial than a full breath of warm air. Cold air is 
the best tonic in the world for a tubercular; a cool 
climate should be preferred to a warm one. 

Too many changing climate for their health, 
expect the climate to ( work wonders while they con- 
tinue a similar life which had helped to bring on 
the condition they are now trying to get rid of. 
While the climate of Colorado will work wonders, 
it cannot overcome the effects of self abuse in any 
way. Tuberculosis is the result of abuse of the na- 
tural lazv l s of living and if continued in the best cli- 



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mate in the world, there is no possible chance of 
overcoming it. Climate is one part in the cure of 
tuberculosis; food, drink, air, exercise, sleep and a 
tranquil mind must be considered and climate can- 
not overcome and make up the loss which the abuse 
of any of these last named will surely develop. Too 
many individuals do not know; the subject of health 
was not included in their schooling; a few lessons 
in physiology and anatomy and a few muscular ex- 
ercises were generally the limit. The scholar can 
flounder around to learn the use and abuse of his 
organism; zvhen tuberculosis has set in, he learns 
from exeperience that it zvas the abuse which cre- 
ates disease; he did not know hozv to use his or- 
ganism; he had not been taught; those zvho should 
have started him right, failed; he could probably 
quote every author, but he could not care for his 
body. To enjoy life depends on the ease of the 
bodily functions ; tuberculosis is disease of the body. 
"Meat is the most impure of all our foods. Not 
only does it often contain trichenae and tapeworms 
and other parasites, but the dead blood and bile 
that was in the animals veins, come very near being 
poisons. The danger is especially great to invalids 
and those who live indoors. " — -"Death Defeated/' 
J. M. Peebles, M. D., Los Angeles. 



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LUNGS. 

When the blood has returned to the heart 
after its trip around the body it is forced through 
the pulmonary artery to the lungs, this artery 
divides and subdivides until the finest capillaries 
are formed in the lungs. As the veinous blood pas- 
ses through these fine capillaries it is separated 
from the air cell by a very thin membrane; here 
the blood gives off its load of poison waste, carbon 
dioxide, and absorbs oxygen from the air. This 
exchange of gas is absolutely necessary and must 
be performed as nature intended by full inhalation 
and exhalation. The chest is raised by the muscles 
attached to the ribs ; the diaphragm is forced down ; 
a healthy pair of lungs follows the action of the ex- 
pansion; a vacuum is formed by these expanding 
movements and nature, to equalize the air cause a 
rush of air into the vacuum formed, filling the 
lungs with air; after a full expansion the diaphragm 
raises, the ribs drop; the compression of air causes 
the air to be expelled. When the oxygen and car- 
bon meet in the body combustion takes place, creat- 
ing heat and energy. Combustion of wood and coal 
in the boiler creates heat and energy ; sufficient oxy- 
gen to create combustion must be supplied ; the end 
product of the combustion of oxygen with wood 
and coal is smoke; it must be got rid of; a chimney 
is used; if the chimney is clean and not obstructed 



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the smoke goes out without trouble; if the exit is 
blocked by soot or other obstruction, the smoke can- 
not get out so easily and trouble is had to create 
the necessary heat and energy by the boiler; until 
sufficient means are found to get rid of the smoke 
there is trouble. If the supply of oxygen is too low 
there is trouble; plenty of oxygen by opening all 
drafts must be supplied; the smoke must be gotten 
rid of by plenty of room for its exit. 

The action of the lungs supply the oxygen (by 
deep breathing) to create combustion with the car- 
bon of the food, and also acts as the chimney, to get 
rid of the end product of this combustion with the 
carbon (carbon dioxide), when we exhale. If the 
amount of oxygen supplied is insufficient, combus- 
tion will be slow. Shallow breathing will not sup- 
ply enough oxygen; with a corresponding shallow 
exhalation the carbon dioxide (smoke) will not be 
sufficiently eliminated; a body full of gases gener- 
ated within from fermentation, combustion and ab- 
sorption from decaying waste material acts on the 
body the same as in an unventilated room full of 
smoke. The lungs must have free action, both in- 
haling and exhaling, for here the exchange of gases 
(oxygen — carbon dioxide) takes place; on the free 
action of the chest and diaphragm depends the free 
action of the lungs. 

Congestion of the lungs is relieved by improv- 
ing the circulation, removing such waste as causes 
the congestion by cold compress application, mas- 
sage, exercise, a reduction in waste producing foods. 
Because of the diseased condition of the lung it is 



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unable to eliminate as much poison as it otherwise 
would, also unable to thoroughly oxygenate the 
blood. Post-mortem examinations on deceased 
bodies, which had died of other causes than tuber- 
culosis, has proven that consumption has been 
cured, for healed scars on the lungs of many, has 
proven that at some time during life, these persons 
had tuberculosis of the lungs and had recovered. 
Hospitals have given out reports that almost one- 
half of those dying at these hospitals had died from 
other causes than had been diagnosed, as found by 
post-mortem examination. Let the tubercular have 
heart, he has an even break that his condition is not 
as bad as may be represented. 

When a hemorrhage is the result of consump- 
tion, relief may be often had by a cold compress ap- 
plied to chest, back and neck and hot application to 
the lower extremities to draw the blood away and 
relieve congestion. Recline with head higher than 
lower parts. 

The advice to abstain from food after a hem- 
orrhage, is often given a tubercular. Why not go 
deeper into the food question at all times, than at 
such a time as when a hemorrhage has occured, to 
bring the subject so forceably to mind? Let the 
tubercular who gains weight and puts on fatty tis- 
sue see that his gain is of a material kind, contain- 
ing vital resisting force, for it is well known, the fat 
tubercular is easily susceptible to hemorrhage; he 
seems full blooded, but the quality of the tissues 
and walls of the blood vessel, formed from this 
same blood, do not seem to withstand any extra 



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pressure. The blood stream can be increased in 
volume by drinking large quantities of fluids, es- 
pecially milk, but this increase does not seem to be 
vitally beneficial in many cases, the blood vessels 
do not seem to withstand the pressure on any sud- 
den exertion ; the blood of such persons does not 
seem to contain elements necessary to increase the 
strength of the tissues. To prevent further hem- 
orrhage the tissues must be strenghtened by the only 
method possible, the blood; the blood is formed 
from food, drink and air. A hemorrhage is gener- 
ally the result of a rupture of the blood vessel or 
lung tissue; it is not always serious, as many con- 
sumptives have a recurrence quite often. With 
some persons! it is the beginning of a cure, for they 
then realize that something must be done and they 
commence to learn how to live. A hemorrhage is 
not always from the lungs for there are other causes 
which can produce it, A small amount of blood in a 
vessel containing water, will give the impression 
that considerable blood has been lost, because of all 
the water being tinted by the blood ; a nosebleed or 
a cut often cause a greater loss of blood. 

There are a number of causes of a cough, but 
the main one concerning consumption is the result 
of some irritating substance which nature is trying 
to dislodge from the lungs, bronchial tubes or 
throat by means of blowing it out with a blast of 
air. Table salt is an inorganic mineral absorbed 
into the blood stream, but cannot be utilized by the 
body; an excess will irritate the inflamed parts of 
the lung, mucus forming to allav the irritation, 



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the whole mass being expectorated; excessive waste 
in the blood will cause irritation as it lodges, caus- 
ing cough. An excess of carbyhydrates and fat 
will form mucus to be expectorated; the tubercu- 
lar should take particular notice if an excess of 
starch, sugar, oil, butter, cream, milk, eggs, fat 
and meats, increase expectoration and cough. Any 
narcotic cough medicine which will deaden the 
nerve to relieve the irritation does not remove the 
cause of the cough. An excess of starchy foods, 
eipecially of the fine white flour variety, may be 
absorbed into the blood stream, causing irritation ; 
pay particular attention to all breads and cereals. 



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TUBERCULOSIS. 

Tuberculosis is the name often given when the 
condition of the tissues change. A firm healthy 
tissue is not affected by tuberculosis, as all author- 
ities agree, but when the nutriment needed by the 
tissues is not furnished by the blood, then the 
healthy condition of the tissue cells deteriorates and 
fails to perform its proper function; if this condi- 
tion is allowed to continue, the tissues involved must 
lose strength and become weakened, the nutriment 
needed by the tissues is not contained in the blood; 
as all tissues depend on the blood for sustenance, 
and the blood is formed from the food, drink and 
air, then these last named did not contain the neces- 
sary aliment for the tissues. The tissues become 
tubercular if predisposed that way, or any other 
disease which may predominate in the individual 
because we did not supply the material required. 
Long continued failure to replenish the necessities 
required, developed a fertile soil for the tubercular 
germ. The statement is often made the tubercular 
can never be cured. In one way it is true and then 
again it is not true. The same can be said of any 
other sickness; a headache; we may cure or relieve it 
today, but if the cause of the sickness is present 
next week, the headache returns; because of a head- 
ache being a common occurrence, and many think 
they are a necessary part of life, they fail to realize 



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that a headache may be a symptom of a constitu- 
tional, nervous or digestive disorder and not know- 
ing the cause fail to remove it, consequently, when- 
ever the cause is present the headache appears. A 
cold wet cloth is tied around the head while the 
cause of the ache may be in the intestines. The 
same can be said of tuberculosis, it can be cured if 
the cause is removed, but if it is removed only tem- 
porarily and allowed to be present again, then tuber- 
culosis cannot be cured. The main thing for the 
tubercular to learn is the cause of his disease and 
its symptoms. If he knows the cause and keeps 
them permanently removed, and lives right, then 
tuberculosis can be cured, it is a positive cure; no 
chance of 1 it returning; it is not a hit or miss treat- 
ment which is likely to come back at any time un- 
awares; he knows and in knowledge there is 
strength. This is the point the writer wishes, to 
present, knowing the cause of his disease and its 
symptoms, after long experiments and experience, 
he has accepted the cause of his symptoms, to devel- 
op the symptoms; to be certain of the different 
foods which were the chief causes; allowing the 
causes to be present until certain of the results; he 
can, with his case, claim that it can be cured or it 
cannot be cured, depending on the absence or pres- 
ence of the cause, which he can control. Any tuber- 
cular, knowing the cause of his disease can cure it 
if he will remove the cause. When a tubercular 
has been advised to change climate, many of them, 
fail to make any effort in their own behalf, expect- 
ing the climate to perform a miracle; many such 



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cases were caused for not making that effort in time. 
As tuberculosis can and is developed at resorts 
where a change of climate is supposed to be of ben- 
efit, the individual must make every effort to gain 
the benefit which can be derived. Sitting around 
and discussing the symptoms, "bugs'' and every- 
thing pertaining to the disease are just the subjects 
a tubercular should not discuss; he is after health 
and all his efforts and thoughts should be in that 
direction. Thinking of and discussing disease must 
help to continue the negative condition of the body, 
because of the unconscious control the mind has over 
the body. 

As results, health, is what any one is after, 
it is immaterial to him how he gets it or of what 
school of healing or what theories are overthrown; 
he does not care about being experimented with. 
The investigator will wonder if he should continue 
any treatment if it is failing to produce good re- 
sults, regardless of any theories which may be ad- 
vanced; theories are still theories if good results 
fail to develop, and until actual improvements re- 
sult, these theories do not become actual facts and 
the tubercular wants theories which develop into 
actual facts. He must learn these as it pertains to 
his case and if they still continue to* be a failure, he 
should modify them or try others. 

This book is the result of accepted theories 
failing, finding the cause of why they failed, drop- 
ping the theories advanced, and following the laws 
of nature. The same force which govern the plan- 
ets, the seasons!, the plants, the human body, as- 



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serts itself; every part must work in harmony; 
tuberculosis is discord ; all disease is discord ; remove 
the cause and harmony prevails; tuberculosis is an 
individual proposition; the disease is contained in 
his body; he has control of that body; the body takes 
on the character of the thoughts, environs and food ; 
if the body is diseased then the thoughts, environs 
and food produced this condition; if this condition, 
tuberculosis, is continued, then the thoughts, envi- 
rons and food continue it; the body is formed from 
material elements, molded by thought. The tuber- 
cular's body is diseased because it did not contain 
the proper elements for a normal healthy body ; the 
physical body takes on the character of tKe food; 
if the food is right other things being equal, the 
body is right; if the food is not right the body is 
not right regardless of the quality and quantity of 
other sanitary and hygiene measures. 

In tuberculosis the body is not right, then the 
thoughts, environs and food are not right, just as 
a plant is not right if its food and environs are not 
right, when water or sunlight or the proper soil 
is not present. The body depends on the mind to 
know its proper needs; the body cannot of itself 
do this, but accepts and uses any condition present, 
to the best of its ability, good or bad. If the 
thought of the mind presents right conditions, be- 
cause of fixed laws, the body is right. If the mind 
does not know the body's needs and presents wrong 
conditions then because of these same laws the body 
must suffer; if tuberculosis is the result of the fail- 
ure of the mind to know the needs of the body and 



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failing to supply them, then the mind must learn, 
for mind controls the body and the health of the 
body depends on the mind knowing and furnishing 
its required needs by discarding such thoughts, en- 
virons and foods which help to produce this condi- 
tion and apply those which make for normality in 
tissues and functions. 

Very little is known of physiological chemistry 
and of the real vital processes of life; it remains for 
each and every individual to learn the results of 
any method as it pertains to his own particular case; 
the process _of living is mostly guesswork; some 
guess right, and live without aches or pain, some 
guess partly right, and suffer because of the part 
they were unable to guess right about; and those 
who guess partly wrong or all wrong are troubled 
mentally and physically. Members of one school 
of healing, differ from those of another; this dif- 
ference of opinion resulted in new schools of heal- 
ing, involving what the new leaders thought, would 
help humanity to get rid of some of life's suffering 
and new teachings of the principles of life. Each 
school is guessing that its method is the best; as 
there are a dozen or more of these, differing from 
each other in some respect, but all aiming at the 
same result, health, the individual who has not giv- 
en these methods any thought will be puzzled which 
one or which combination he should try. The prac- 
titioners of any one, will set forth good arguments, 
as he sees them, why his school of healing is best; 
a person, sick in mind and body, will then realize 
that little is known of physiological chemistry and 



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the processes of life and that guesswork is playing 
an important part in some of these lines of healing, 
and if of an investigating turn of mind, he will try 
to find the best of any or all of them and use hi9 
findings to his best advantage. 

"It is a demonstrable fact that the heart of the 
habitual meat eater beats from 72 to 80 a minute, 
while that of the person living on a pure diet of 
fruits, nuts and fresh green vegetables will beat 
at least ten less a minute. Fifteen hundred extra 
heart strokes every twenty-four hours make a very 
appreciable strain upon the vital forces. The strong- 
est argument against the use of flesh meat is that 
to eat animal flesh is to eat the animal excreta, 
which is inseparable from it. These objections to 
flesh apply to fresh killed meat of healthy animals, 
such as game. But when the meat is allowed to 
"hang" until it is "high" and "gamy" — that is, 
rotten in plain words — or when kept for weeks in 
cold storage, or when embalmed with preservatives 
and hermetically sealed in tin the dangers of eating 
it are greatly increased." — "Meat and Its Food 
Value," w/R. C. Latson, M. D., Health Culture 
Co. Pub. 



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GERMS. 

All through nature life of plant and animal is 
developed to a high plane, to* a perfect speciment 
and nature will not tolerate any condition other 
than harmony; where any other condition does ex- 
ist sickness, disease and decay sets in, nature's 
method of trying to relieve any of these abnormal 
conditions; if relief is not obtained, then the condi- 
tion of decay goes on, the body of plant or animal 
resolves to its original elements. The same condi- 
tion holds good on the dead of the battlefield, the 
dead animal of the forest, the contents of the gar- 
bage can, the dead waste material of the human 
body; these conditions are out of harmony with 
the laws of nature and if not immediately removed 
from among harmonious surroundings, nature pro- 
ceeds to remove them by resolving them back to 
their elemental forms. The dead of the battlefield, 
unless buried, are disposed of by that huge germ, 
the buzzard ; the dead carcass of the field and forest 
is consumed by the germs called maggots ; maggots 
cannot live unless their field of operation is right, 
and healthy firm flesh is not the right field; the 
garbage is attended to by the fly, another germ, 
which cannot live in clean places ; after the garbag-e 
is disposed of the fly disappears ; the filth and waste 
in the human body must be disposed of; it is not 
needed for any functional operation; it is useless 



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matter; the body cannot build up on it; it is the re- 
sult of matter in the system, that has been used; 
has become a waste product after functions of life 
have been completed and has not been removed by 
the proper organs of removal, or it is waste, the re- 
sult of excess nutrition which could not be used 
by the body and has not been depurated, resulting 
in decaying and like the dead of the battlefield, 
the carcass of the animal, the garbage refuse, it 
must be removed and if man does not, then nature 
will, and the germ named Tubercle Bacillus is one 
of the many different methods used to get rid of a 
condition when man fails. The germ Tubercle 
Bacilli cannot live in healthy tissues; the corpse of 
the battlefield must be there before the buzzard at- 
tacks it; the animal carcass must be there before 
the maggots can form; the garbage and filth must 
be there before the flies. 

The filth and waste of the human body is there 
before the germs can take hold; remove the sol- 
dier's carcass, no buzzard; remove the animal, no 
maggots; remove the garbage, no flies; remove the 
waste in the human body, no germs. Let the tuber- 
cular figure for himself which came first, the germ 
to cause the disease or the weakened physical con- 
dition allowing the germ foothold to work; the 
germ, as claimed by all authorities, cannot live in 
healthy tissue, therefore the tissue must not have 
been in a healthy condition when we find this germ 
present; as the tissues are the result of the nutri- 
ment contained in the blood, why did the blood al- 
low a diseased condition of the tissues to be pres- 



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ent? All tissues depend on the blood for its nour- 
ishment and finding the lung or any other tissue 
diseased, then the nourishment contained in the 
blood had been minus some element needed by these 
tissues; as the tissues are at fault, and the blood 
forming these are at fault, then we must look to the 
conditions that make the blood, which we find is 
food, drink and air with proper hygienic conditions. 
When the tubercular reads the arguments be- 
tween doctors, as to the part germs play, he may 
then commence investigations on his own hook, 
to decide on which side he will stand. Some doc- 
tors claim germs cause the disease, others claim 
they are the result of the disease. Those of the 
first part claim that the germ causes the disease, 
but, also claim that the tissues must be in a dis- 
eased condition before the germ can thrive, that 
they will not live in firm healthy tissue. Those of 
the second part come back at the first with their 
own argument; that because germs cannot live in 
healthy tissue, the tissue must be diseased, debili- 
tated, when the germs did arrive; that because of 
the failure of the individual to see that all his tis- 
sues were germ resisting; were healthy, firm tis- 
sue, the tissue weakened and because of this abnor- 
mal condition, not being in harmony with normal, 
natural, healthy, firm tissues and because the indi- 
vidual did not see fit to improve the tissues by 
proper cell elements, and because this quality of 
tissue was out of harmony with nature, she pro- 
ceeded to get rid of any inharmonious parts by re- 



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moving them by her agents, the germs, just as she 
proceeds to get rid of any other carcass. 

The Tubercle Bacillus is the name of the germ 
nature has sent to get rid of decaying and lifeless 
tissues of the lungs and other parts, because the 
individual who owned those parts did not continue 
life in them. Let the owner of those parts supply 
nourishment so they will become firm and healthy, 
then the germs have no breeding ground (so the 
doctors of the first part claim) and nourishment 
for the tissues is derived from the blood which is 
formed from food. Question : Which came first 
the germ or the disease? So what else is tuberculo- 
sis but a filth disease; we furnish the filth and 
waste, nature furnishes the scavenger or gerrrl, to 
get rid of it, incidently consuming us. If 1-3 of 
1,443 cases of tuberculosis fail to show the Tubercle 
Bacilli, can the germ theory be considered as a cause, 
by a fair thinking person? What caused tubercu- 
losis in the 497 cases which were found free from 
bacilli as reported by one institute ? 

"The 'germ' theorists, while contending that 
germs are disease producers, yet admit that 'no 
bacilli can develop and multiply in a healthy tissue 
any more than seeds can grow in stony ground.' It 
would, therefore, seem a self-evident fact that while 
bacilli are more or less in evidence in certain dis- 
eases, yet they are not the cause of those diseases, 
but merely the natural progeny of some already ex- 
isting pathological conditions of the tissues. In 
other words, they are the effect and not the cause. 
The bacilli did not bring the disease; the disease 



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invited the bacilli by providing suitable conditions 
for them. Thus one after another have the various 
theories which for a time held forth the elusive 
hope of having solved the mystery of the cause of 
disease in its many manifestations, found that with 
the advent of some later discovery there was de- 
veloped the weak link in their otherwise strong 
claims of proofs, thereby invalidating its claim. " — 
"Encyclopedia of Chiropractic," Dr. John F. A. 
Howard. 

"We may however, briefly discuss one disorder 
supposed to be of 'germ' origin, consumption. It 
is popularly supposed by the laiety and alas! by 
many incompetent doctors, that consumption is 
caused by the activities of the tuberculosis bacillus 
a micro-organism. Now this is an absolute fallacy, 
and is known to be such by well-informed medical 
men. We find, for instance, that, so far from being 
the only cause of consumption, the tuberculosis 
bacillus is found in only about one-third of all cases 
examined. Dr. Lawrence F. Flick, medical direc- 
tor of the Henry Phipps' Institute, says : 'Presence 
or absence of the tubercle bacilli in sputum is often 
misconstrued, not only by the laiety, but by mem- 
bers of the medical profession.' Too much impor- 
tance has been given to the presence or absence of 
the Tubercle Bacillus as a diagnostic or a prediag- 
nostic sign. In reality it has no value for either 
purpose, save as a confirmation of other symptoms. 
In one examination of the sputum of 1,443 patients 
the Tubercle Bacillus was found in only 946 cases, 
while in 497, or nearly one-third of all the patients 



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examined, the sputum was found to be entirely free 
from bacilli. These extracts are from the Third 
Annual Report of the Henry Phipps' Institute, 
page 34. 

"And so it is with other diseases. The bacilli, 
when found, may or may not establish a diagnosis, 
it may or may not complicate the pathologic pro- 
cess ; but it certainly is not and cannot be the cause 
of the disease."— "A Catechism of Health," W. R. 
C. Latson, M. D., Health Culture Pub. Co. 



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BONE TUBERCULOSIS. 

Analysis of the bone show a large part cal- 
cium; if this is missing from the food, the bones 
will not have the proper elements to replenish the 
bone tissues and to keep its proper consistency to 
withstand life's work. With the bones weakened 
because the blood failed to contain the necessary 
lime, they became easily susceptible to disease, just 
as any other weakened part would and succumbed 
to any disease, likely to attack them. The body 
requires a greater amount of calcium than any other 
mineral salt, to give proper firmness to all muscle, 
nerves and bone tissue; if it is lacking, these tis- 
sues suffer. Almost all of the calcium of the egg is 
in the shell; of meat is in the bone, consequently 
calcium from such sources is lost to human nutri- 
tion, but man can receive it from the same place the 
hen and the animal did — from plant life. Under 
conditions where such valuable element is missing, 
the body has to go through all the processes of di- 
gestion, assimilation and elimination without deriv- 
ing its proper sustenance to carry on such work, 
but has to fall back on any reserve, eventually de- 
pleting that, allowing submission to disease; bones, 
even though they are hard, eventually fall. The 
diseased condition of the bone just below the knee 
of the writer caused the attachment of the muscle 
to become weakened, the bone softening, allowing 



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indentation of the finger, like putty, taking two 
minutes to relax; the muscle was unable to propel 
the leg from the knee down, that is, instead of being 
able to take an ordinary step with muscular control, 
the step had to be taken by swinging the leg for- 
ward, as is done with an artificial leg, this condi- 
tion lasting until the cause of the disease had been 
removed and restoring the bone to its proper 
strength, to be acted upon by the muscles attached, 
regaining control of locomotion. 

The bone at this point was very susceptible to 
any cause tending to tuberculosis and all experi- 
ments resulted in affecting it. If these experiments 
had been continued for sufficient length of time 
without cessation, an ankylosis would develop; dur- 
ing some of the later experiments, the bone would 
become very painful, partially relieved by keeping 
the leg straightened out, but painful when bent as 
in sitting; if kept straightened to relieve the pain 
and the cause continued, the knee would have even- 
tually become stiffened, as predicted, if an opera- 
tion was not performed. The pain in this bone was 
often felt within 20 minutes after a causative food 
had been eaten; the peptones being absorbed through 
the stomach walls — continuing until all such food 
had been disposed of; the symptoms from one single 
food at a meal may last from 1-2 to 5 hours; if 
this food is continued the pain is continued; the 
amount of food determining the severity of the pain ; 
raw aggs acting sooner and more severe than any 
other one food; cooked eggs next, then meat of 
chicken and beef. If the symptoms were retained 



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for a considerable length of time, they extended 
to the hip and heel causing pain, evidently pus form- 
ing again at these points, necessitating the drop- 
ping of all experiments; all symptoms then com- 
mencing to cease. The lung was relieved long be- 
fore the bone; no experiment had been allowed to 
affect the lungs, though during some of the more 
severe experiments, an oppressive feeling in the 
chest was felt, evidently if allowed to continue long 
enough, would effect the lung. Horn zvas it pos- 
sible for an operation on any local part to be effec- 
tive, when the cause of the pus and other symptoms 
were contained in the food eaten at every meal? 

"The supposed curative effect of raw meat 
and meat juice combined with an excessive surali- 
mentation is well nigh discredited. It is a ques- 
tion of which is the most potent factor of cure — 
the outdoor life and rest or the meat. There is no 
doubt that such patients require an increased nu- 
trition, but there does not seem to be any very good 
reason to suppose that they are benefited by the 
flooding of the organism with nitrogenous excre- 
tion products, the immediate results of an excessive 
meat diet."— "A Fleshless Diet," J. L. Buttner, 
M. D. 



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HEALTH. 

A few experiments by the individual to learn 
cause and effect, zvill be worth all the theories ad- 
vanced by all the authorities, for anything which 
will not work out as expected is worth nothing as 
positive knowledge. Let each tubercular prove each 
theory to his own satisfaction; learn what others 
have done in that line; if they were successful, try 
it; if a success, hold it; if not, try another. We all 
possess a natural tendency to resist disease ; nature 
works in harmony when not interfered with by man; 
he generally brings on discord which leads to dis- 
ease, remove the discord, no disease can develop. 
If the needs of the body are supplied, nature will 
need no more assistance; she will create a pretty 
good article of a body, but the ingredients to do 
this must be present, she will put them together; 
we don't know how this happens, only that it does. 
The first law of nature is that all things shall be 
in harmony, the quality of these ingredients con- 
trols the quality of the body; nature will do the 
rest. Many of us have tried to change these to suit 
ourselves, and that is why some of us are tubercu- 
lar. We must pay the penalty if we break any law, 
man-made or God-made. If the same care as to 
sanitation and hygiene were observed in the home 
as at a sanitarium, the home would be the best 



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place; the worry and homesickness incident to the 
change has its depressing affect. 

Self mastery is the* secret of being able to 
obey the laics of nature; the chief law of nature is 
that we shall be endowed with sufficient vital en- 
ergy to carry on the processes of life; when man 
wastes this energy, he suffers. Any physician will 
admit that recovery depends on vital energy; let 
every tubercular husband his vital energy. 

Health depends on the working conditions of 
the vital organs. When their power to 1 properly 
prepare food into good blood, and to eliminate all 
waste, is so deranged that they cannot perform these 
functions as nature intended, then recourse must 
be had to the following of nature's laws or disease 
is the result. The fewer mistakes we make the less 
disease and suffering. Had many tuberculars known 
in time some of the fundamental facts concerning 
health, thd chances are that they woidd never have 
gotten into this condition which eventually devel- 
oped, but, as matters stand, it is up to every one 
to do the best he can, and by perseverance, courage 
and a little common sense get square with nature 
once more. 

So many changes have been made in the treat- 
ment of disease during the last decade, that many of 
us wonder if the treatments given at present will 
stand the test for another decade or will much of 
the present knowledge of disease be forgotten, rel- 
ics of an acient past, as we now think of other treat- 
ment supposed to be positive, but now won- 
der why people stood for such treatment as was ac- 



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corded them. It is not so long ago when the con- 
sumptive was advised to stay indoors, all fresh 
air excluded; note the change. Let the tubercular 
learn if a radical change in his treatment should be 
tried, for there are many who will need that change. 
Health is something which cannot be bought or 
shot into a person but must be acquired by diligent 
obsewance of nature's laws. 



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MIND. 

Grit, courage and perseverance are essential; 
fear and pessimism soon flee when this battery of 
mind power controls any situation. A fearless at- 
titude of mind must be maintained; self control 
must be gained to suppress wrong habits and appe- 
tites. Those persons who are morbidly afraid of 
disease must change their thoughts of despair into 
hope, their fear into courage; they must develop all 
their powers and learn to live. All negative influ- 
ences must be cast aside. Any method which will 
help to improve, should not be considered too triv- 
ial ; the control of the body by the mind should be 
taken advantage of by all tuberculars, for the re- 
action of the body on the mind or the recognition 
of an improved appearance of the body, by the 
mind, has a wonderful helpful influence; w r e often 
notice a fine specimen of man or woman; there is 
a personality or bearing about them which attracts 
notice; it may be their walk or their carriage or 
facial expression, anyway, we half wash we were 
possessed of a similar trait. Is there any reason 
why we should not? At least, we can try at it, we 
can assume it; the mind recognized the condition 
of the other person; the mind controls the body; 
the mind can, with sufficient willpower and repeti- 
tion cause the body to assume the desired results; 
note the effect of the strain of martial music on its 



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hearers ; do they slouch along or do they immediate- 
ly get into step and assume that patriotic bearing 
all Americans possess? It makes no difference what 
the subject of their thoughts may have been, the 
mind compels the body to assume a patriotic atti- 
tude. That is the advantage all tuberculars should 
take; assume the part whether it hurts or not; rep- 
etition of the desired traits wall gradually develop 
the desired effects; assume the attitude most desir- 
able to the condition ; it may be the gait, or the car- 
riage or the position of the shoulders or head, or 
the expression of the face or eyes, whatever it is, 
assume it, if it is an improvement over your own, 
get it, strive for it, anything to improve. At times 
we unconsciously assume traits of others; now let 
us develop this faculty for our own good. The 
mind is a powerful factor in keeping the body 
young ; it should be trained to recognize its own pos- 
sibilities, to know its power and to use this power 
to the advantage of mind and body; the body of it- 
self can do nothing; the mind should know, so that 
the body may derive all the benefits possible. 

From time immemorial, the God of nature has 
been supplicated to for the relief of disease and sick- 
ness. There have been many miraculous cures as- 
cribed to these prayers, but who could expect the 
Supreme Being, the God of all nature, to be lenient, 
when errors against fixed laws are continually be- 
ing broken. The saying is too true in health mat- 
ters, "The Lord helps those who help themselves." 
If we get busy and help ourselves, we stand better 
chances of having less pain and sickness than to 



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expect the Lord to do it all for us. How can we 
expect the Lord to help us, if we overwork our di- 
gestive organs and continue to do so day after 
day? There are plenty of persons who believe in 
God and are mentally and physically sick; they may 
not have sinned against God as is generally under- 
stood, but they did sin against themselves. We may 
be ever so righteous, but we suffer for our physical 
sins just the same; if a miraculous cure should not 
come to the individual praying for relief, let him 
at the same time use a little common sense and learn 
what he can do for himself, for a little understand- 
ing on his own part to overcome some of his own 
sins will be more acceptable in the eyes of God and 
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